Rada recognized Tymoshenko as prime minister

The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine by the vast majority of votes agreed to the appointment of Yulia Tymoshenko with a new prime minister, reports Reuters.

373 deputies voted for the candidacy of the closest ally of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko with the necessary minimum support of 226 votes. Yushchenko in the parliament hall signed a decree on the appointment of Tymoshenko as head of government.

Yushchenko arrived in Rada by one afternoon local time, reports "Correspondent.net". Speaking to the deputies, Yushchenko said that the new government he formed, whose composition he was going to name, would not steal and take bribes. At the same time, the president noted that the government will not "bring money to parliament in order to hold any candidate in order to adopt any law." According to him, the decisions will be made openly and transparently - "in the meeting room, and not in the rest room."

Representing Yulia Tymoshenko, Viktor Yushchenko called her his political partner and professional. He emphasized that he had the opportunity to work with Tymoshenko in 2000-2001, when he headed the government, and she was a deputy prime minister. “I appreciate what was done by Julia Vladimirovna,” Yushchenko said.

After that, the speaker Vladimir Litvin invited the acting rostrum to the parliamentary tribune Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko, who turned to the Rada with a request to support her candidacy. She also asked deputies to vote for the program of her government. According to her, the presented document is “not the numbers that are worth nothing”, but the “philosophy of thinking” of the new Cabinet of Ministers. Tymoshenko also added that on the basis of this program, the government, taking into account the proposals of deputies, will develop a priority program of the government.

The program “towards people” consists of 6 sections: “Faith”, “Justice”, “Harmony”, “Life”, “Security”, “Mir” that demonstrate what the government will do during the 5 years of the presidency of Viktor Yushchenko. Tymoshenko spoke in detail about each of the sections of the program.

Tymoshenko also told the foreign policy of the future government. She called Ukraine the priority of Ukraine. In addition, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine plans to establish a regular and active dialogue with Russia at the government level of the two states, said the acting premiere.

The consideration of the candidacy of Tymoshenko, originally scheduled for Thursday morning, was transferred several times. According to the Observer. The ear, earlier Yushchenko transferred the vote on the premiere due to two conflicts between the closest comrades in the coalition - Yulia Tymoshenko and the leader of the social party, Alexander Moroz. The latter believes that as many socialists as possible should enter the government if Yushchenko counts on a single coalition to win in the parliamentary elections in the future 2006. On Friday morning, Yushchenko, in connection with the resignation of the Cabinet of Ministers, fired three deputy prime ministers and 15 ministers.

Meanwhile, the program presented by Tymoshenko raised many questions among the deputies. So the frost fraction said that she was not ready to support her. Deputies of the "Regions of Ukraine" faction adhere to the same position. The leader of the faction Raisa Bogatyreva told reporters that most of the faction - more than 30 people - are determined to vote in support of the candidacy of Tymoshenko, but categorically against the program.

According to the Constitution, after the election and inauguration of the new president, the old government lifts its powers and the new head of state offers the Rada of its candidate for the post of prime minister.

The president appoints the rest of the government and the heads of regional state administrations independently on the proposal of the prime minister.