Ukrainian opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko resigned Thursday as a member of her eponymous bloc in parliament. Supreme Rada Speaker Oleksandr Moroz read out her letter of resignation from the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc (YTB) at a morning session earlier Thursday.
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President Viktor Yushchenko on April 2 signed a decree to disband the Verkhovna Rada and hold new elections on May 27. A majority of parliament lawmakers, including members of the Party of Regions led by Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych, responded by condemning the decree as a "step toward a coup d'etat" and indicated they would disobey the president's order.
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Rival protests by supporters of the Ukrainian opposition and backers of the ruling coalition are expected in Kyiv today amid tensions over a threat by President Viktor Yushchenko to dissolve parliament.
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Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenkocast into the opposition by a parliamentary coalition led by his chief political rival, today suggested he may dissolve the Verkhovna Rada, RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service reported.
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Yulia Tymoshenko, the principal opposition leader in Ukraine, is in Washington, where she has been meeting with U.S. officials, including Vice President Dick Cheney and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. VOA's Barry Wood reports Tymoshenko repeated her call for early elections and was sharply critical of the government's energy policies.
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