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Ukraine's prime minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk quits | Ukraine's prime minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk quits |
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Ukraine’s prime minister, Arseniy Yatsenyuk, has announced his resignation following a political crisis that has paralysed the government and frozen the release of western aid for months. | |
“Having done everything to ensure stability and make a smooth transition of power possible, I decided to step down from the post of prime minister of Ukraine,” the 41-year-old pro-western leader said in a video address. | “Having done everything to ensure stability and make a smooth transition of power possible, I decided to step down from the post of prime minister of Ukraine,” the 41-year-old pro-western leader said in a video address. |
His decision comes barely two months after he survived a no-confidence vote in his government. | His decision comes barely two months after he survived a no-confidence vote in his government. |
He said the party of the president, Petro Poroshenko, had already nominated the speaker of parliament, Volodymyr Groysman, to fill his post and he would not stand in the way. | |
“From today onwards I see my goals in a broader light than just heading the government,” Yatsenyuk said. | |
His condemnation of Russia’s alleged backing of the two-year uprising in eastern Ukraine and his clinching of a crucial IMF rescue package in early 2015 helped his party become parliament’s second largest in elections in October 2015. | |
He formed a parliamentary coalition with the president’s bloc and several junior partners, and was able to push through some tough and highly unpopular austerity measures prescribed by the IMF. | He formed a parliamentary coalition with the president’s bloc and several junior partners, and was able to push through some tough and highly unpopular austerity measures prescribed by the IMF. |
His party’s approval rating has since slumped to 2%, both because of the painful economic reforms and his perceived inability to tackle state corruption. | |
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