Ukraine’s Poroshenko Trying to Push Out Prime Minister Yatsenyuk
Source: WSJ
President wants a new government after pro-Western coalition crumbles as charges fly
By JAMES MARSON
March 23, 2016 2:05 p.m. ET
KIEV, Ukraine—President Petro Poroshenko said Wednesday he wants a new government selected next week to end a political impasse that has jeopardized financial support from Ukraine’s Western backers.
Ukrainian leaders have been in high-stakes talks on reshuffling the government for weeks after the pro-Western coalition splintered as its members traded accusations of corruption and foot-dragging on economic overhauls.
Mr. Poroshenko’s allies want to oust Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk, but have struggled to garner sufficient support in Parliament, where Mr. Yatsenyuk’s party is the second largest. The deadlock has stopped work on changes needed for the country to receive more loans from the International Monetary Fund as it struggles to recover from a recession during an armed
“We don’t have the right to wait any longer,” Mr. Poroshenko said on a trip to the eastern town of Kharkiv on Wednesday.
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