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To: Ivan Mazepa

No one is reporting the same thing. I don’t think anyone knows just what the Ukraine parliament is anymore.


171 posted on 03/19/2014 10:54:24 AM PDT by MarMema (Run Ted Run)
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To: MarMema

What do you mean exactly? Ukrainian parliament has the same people as before it all started, you can google or look at the makeup at Wikipedia. Almost the same, with the following changes:

- there’s a number of MPs that fled the country. Those are the Yanukovich loyalists and some from the Communist Party. Can’t recall the exact number, but something like 20 out of the 450 total have fled. Communist leader Symonenko is reportedly in Belarus, others probably in Russia.

- Yanukovich Regions party and Communists used to have a majority faction, now the Regions party is dead in the water. A number of MPs resigned from the party, large number are now voting with the former opposition. (Whether they saw the light or are under duress, that’s a different topic)

- Former opposition (Yatseniuk, Klitchko, Tyahnibok) now have a majority in the parliament

- The majority elected a new Speaker, Turchynov, and formed the new government. Given the line of succession, Turchynov is now fulfilling the duties of the president until elections in May ( if they’re not sabotaged by then)


173 posted on 03/19/2014 11:45:43 AM PDT by Ivan Mazepa
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