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Yulia Tymoshenko bloc expels two deputies from parliament faction

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Oct. 19, 2010, 7:52 a.m. | Politics — by Staff reports
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Parliament's Yulia Tymoshenko-Batkivshchyna faction in parliament on Oct. 18 unanimously voted to expel Oleh Lyashko and Serhiy Osyka "for cooperating with the the majority coalition, including voting in favor of amendments to the Constitution, endorsing the Law on the Cabinet and new parliamentary procedures." Faction members also agreed not to vote for the Law on Languages in Ukraine proposed by the pro-presidential majority.

Lyashko, first elected to parliament in 2006 on the Tymoshenko ticket, made headlines last week when a 17-year old video was posted to YouTube in which he talked about sexual relations with another man.

The Ukrainian-language press release about the expulsion is here.



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Anonymous Oct. 20, 2010, 5:50 a.m.    

So Yulya's party still exists? Well I never!

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Anonymous Oct. 21, 2010, 8:26 p.m.    

Now be fair every week she is in the news. Because every week Yulia has to expel another member of her parliamentary block. Everyone on the block votes for the expulsion. And everyone except Yulia is desperately

negotiating with other parties. They all want to escape before they are expelled. Its like the French revolution minus the violence and historical importance. I wonder if Yulia has knitted the names of her enemies onto a scarf?

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