Next Tymoshenko PM Vote December 18

Verkhovna Rada Speaker Arseniy Yatsenyuk announced that Ukraine’s Parliament will vote on Yulia Tymoshenko’s candidacy for Prime Minister on Tuesday, December 18.

Due to the controversy surrounding the December 11 vote, “Orange” coalition members plan to vote by a show of hands. Tymoshenko previously came up one vote short of the required majority to become Prime Minister.

Yatsenyuk informed all MPs that the Parliament’s agenda for December 18 includes:

• Electing a new Prime Minister
• Dismissing Viktor Yanukovych from his current position as Prime Minister
• Dismissing the current government
• Forming the composition of a new government
• Electing Vice Speakers of Parliament
• Adopting a resolution for Verkhovna Radad committees