The opposition has claimed that Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov had no right to sign a memorandum on deepening cooperation between Ukraine and the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC).
Batkivschyna faction leader Arseniy Yatseniuk said at a morning plenary meeting of parliament on Tuesday that Azarov signed the memorandum in Minsk on behalf of the state, rather than on behalf of the government.
“We are demanding that the president publish the directives that were given to Azarov to sign this document, as the prime minister signed the document that contradicts the law on the principles of Ukraine’s domestic and foreign policy, the document that pulls Ukraine back to the dark Soviet past,” he said.
Yatseniuk noted that the opposition had also demanded that the prime minister not sign the documents stipulating that Ukraine will “refrain from actions or statements that contradict the interests of the Customs and the Eurasian Union.”
As reported, on May 31 in Minsk, Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov and Chairman of the Eurasian Economic Commission’s Board Viktor Khristenko signed a memorandum on deepening cooperation between Ukraine and the Eurasian Economic Commission.
The memorandum envisages Ukraine’s participation in the work of the Eurasian Economic Commission and its bodies.
