Ukrainian top legislator warned on Thursday that the political crisis that hit the country in the spring could reoccur and the upcoming legislative elections could be the trigger, the Interfax-Ukraine News Agency reported.
Parliament Speaker Oleksander Moroz said as the election campaign was fraught with malpractices like bribery and voter list forgery, street movements might be resorted to again for solving the political problems.
Moroz's remarks came one day after Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych announced that his Regions Party would re-consider whether to participate in the advanced legislative elections if its political rivals continued their provocative actions.
Ukrainian First Deputy Prime Minister Mykola Azarov said on Thursday that if the Regions Party refused to take part in the elections, the vote would be cancelled.
However, the Central Electoral Commission responded that even if Yanukovych's party failed to participate, the elections would be held as scheduled on Sept. 30.
Ukraine's political crisis in early April was triggered by President Viktor Yushchenko's signing of decrees to dissolve the parliament and call for early elections.
He made the step after 11 lawmakers from pro-presidential factions defected to Prime Minister Yanukovych's ruling coalition, moving it closer to a 300-seat, veto-proof majority in the parliament that could allow Yanukovych's allies to change the constitution.
Yanukovych defied the presidential order to dissolve parliament and brought his supporters to the streets of the Ukrainian capital to protest.
Following arduous negotiations, an agreement was struck to hold early elections on Sept. 30.
Source: Xinhua
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