Ukraine may have to hold an early parliamentary election if the crisis in the chamber, triggered by the passing of a contentious language law, persists, President Viktor Yanukovich said on July 4.
Yanukovich met the heads of several parliament factions on July 4 to discuss what he called a crisis in the legislature
after its speaker Volodymyr Lytvyn offered to resign.
“Yanukovich did not rule out that, if (deputies) fail to
stabilise parliament’s work, it will be necessary to move on to
the early parliamentary election procedure,” his office said in
a statement.
On July 3, the chamber rushed through a bill boosting the
official status of the Russian language, prompting outrage among
the opposition and scuffles both in parliament and on the
streets of capital Kyiv.
A regular parliamentary election is scheduled for October.
