Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk, who submitted his resignation on July 24, must remain in office until his stepdown is confirmed by a parliamentary vote, said the parliamentary leader of the Ukrainian Democratic Alliance for Reform party.
“Only if the Verkhovna Rada [parliament] gas given the go-ahead … the
entire Cabinet will resign, and the Verkhovna Rada will decide who will
be the acting prime minister. So today Yatsenyuk is still the prime
minister. In violation of the law, [parliamentary chairman Oleksandr]
Turchynov failed to put this matter to the vote,” Vitaliy Kovalchuk told
reporters in Kyiv.
Kovalchuk said he had been surprised by Yatsenyuk’s statement in
which the prime minister accused UDAR and the Svoboda party of showing
irresponsibility by withdrawing from the majority coalition in
parliament on July 24.
“If he says he is a responsible politician, today he is making an
attempt to evade responsibility, and, secondly, he is showing his
inability to have a normal dialogue with the Verkhovna Rada,” Kovalchuk
said.
“I think that some time will pass and Yatsenyuk will draw certain
conclusions from his emotional speech today. I think that the people
will make a proper assessment of his statements, and that tomorrow there
will be business as usual in the Verkhovna Rada and that during the
government’s question time Yatsenyuk will, I still hope, reintroduce
at least the [draft] law to make changes to the budget and make changes
to the Tax Code,” Kovalchuk said.
Asked whether the UDAR deputies would back Yatseniuk’s resignation, he said they would make their decision at a meeting.
