Arseniy Yatsenyuk resigns from post of Ukrainian prime minister
21:00, 24 July 2014
KIEV. KAZINFORM - Ukrainian parliament-appointed Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk announced his resignation on Thursday.
"In connection with the breakup of the parliamentary coalition, as well as non-adoption of a number of important bills, I announce my resignation," Yatsenyuk said from the Verkhovna Rada's rostrum. Rada speaker Alexander Turchinov suggested that deputies submit their candidacy for the post of a technical prime minister to the parliament, Itar-Tass reports. The Verkhovna Rada approved Arseniy Yatsenyuk as new prime minister on February 27. With a simple majority consisting of 226 votes, 371 MPs supported Yatsenyuk's candidacy.