Play it again Viktor

It seems that 7% year on year growth and increased integration into the world economy through WTO membership is not enough to keep the governing coalition of Ukraine held together.  Today Yulia Tymoshenko announced that if the coalition is not reformed within 10 days Ukrainians would be heading back to the polls for the third time in as many years. 

“But both [Tymoshenko and Yushchenko] – expected to spar for the presidential job in the 2010 election – have effectively served divorce papers  on each other. Apparently, it’s a done deal this time, ending the governing coalition and parliamentary majority they created eight months ago.” (read the article here)

In the past year the coalition government has only passed the legislation necessary for WTO integration.  It seems, for the moment at least, Ukraine is following the Italian political playbook.

Published Date: September 08, 2008