European Parliament Says Ukraine Can Hold Early Elections.
Source: Ria Novosti
MOSCOW, December 12 (RIA Novosti) – The European Parliament said Thursday that Ukraine was able to hold early elections to find a way out of the country’s current political crisis.
In a resolution adopted on Thursday, parliament members pointed to “the democratic possibility in any democracy to call new elections when renewed popular legitimacy is needed,” the legislature said in a statement.
It did not specify what elections it meant – presidential or parliamentary. The regular presidential election in Ukraine is scheduled for 2015, while parliamentary ones are set for 2017.
The European lawmakers deplored Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych’s decision to suspend an association agreement with the EU, saying it was a “major missed opportunity.”
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Very kind of the EU. Maybe one day they'll say that to the US too.