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26 Sep, 2008 08:39

Election? I want them all! – Timoshenko

Ukraine's Prime Minister, Yulia Timosheko, says an early parliamentary election could take place alongside a presidential vote. The statement came amid the country's third major political crisis in four years, this time caused by the collapse of the gover

Timoshenko says if a new coalition is not put in place within weeks, she wants to bring forward the Presidential election which is currently set for 2010.

She says the complete clearance of the political field in the country will help avoid any crises in the future.

At the same time Timoshenko underlined that she’ll do everything to prevent the early election.

Once former allies, current President Viktor Yushchenko and Timoshenko, are now fierce rivals for the country's top job.

 

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