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Court Deliberation in Ukraine

I checked some more websites for political info on Ukraine and have some updates on what I wrote yesterday. My sources are the Kyiv Post, an English-language newspaper in Ukraine, and the International Herald Tribune, which is an overseas joint version of the Washington Post and the New York Times.

kyivpost.com
iht.com/articles/2007/04/17/opinion/edletters.php

After the President dissolved Parliament and called for new elections, the Prime Minister asked the Constitutional Court to rule on the legality of the President's action. According to the International Herald Tribune editorial, Ukraine's constitution doesn't allow the dissolving of Parliament for the reasons the President gave. The Constitutional Court has taken the case, and both the President and Prime Minister have agreed to abide by their decision.

Deliberations began on Tuesday, April 17, and are still continuing. On Wednesday, April 18, a large crowd of protesters supporting the President blocked the entrance to the court, delaying the opening of proceedings by one hour. But finally, most of the judges made it in and began their work for the day. As far as I can tell from the articles, the demonstrations were peaceful.

posted by Stahlkes @ 10:13 AM