Showing posts with label Yanukovych. Ukraine crisis. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Yanukovych. Ukraine crisis. Show all posts

Friday, February 21, 2014

Ukraine's Yanukovych announces return to 2004 Constitution and early presidential elections (Full Update)




Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has announced that, to settle the crisis in Ukraine, he will initiate the reinstatement of the 2004 constitution and call early presidential elections. 

He also called for starting the procedure of forming a government of national confidence. 
"I am announcing steps that need to be made in order to restore peace and avoid more victims of the standoff," Yanukovych said in a statement available on the presidential website on Friday. 
"These tragic days when Ukraine has taken the gravest losses and when people has died my duty is to state that human lives are very important. We should do our best to take joint steps to restore peace in Ukraine," Yanukovych said.

ST

Please Like Us On facebook