Batkivschyna faction leader Arseniy Yatseniuk has said that it is impossible to resolve the current crisis in Ukraine through parliamentary methods.
“This is not a parliamentary crisis. This is an all-Ukrainian
political and economic crisis. It cannot be resolved through
parliamentary methods. These decisions are not made here,” he said at a
press briefing in parliament on Thursday.
Yatseniuk voiced the opposition’s demands to the authorities to resolve current problems.
“Our three demands to the Verkhovna Rada and the president remained
unchanged: the resignation of the government, the release of all
political prisoners, first and foremost, [former Ukrainian Prime
Minister] Yulia Tymoshenko, and nine individuals who were illegally
convicted [who were present at a rally on Bankova Street on December 1]
and the suspension of all criminal cases, and the arrest of all Berkut
officers who were involved in the illegal beating up of children on
Independence Square,” Yatseniuk said.