Orange Revolution party squeezed out

[CHIMO]

The political party of Ukraine's pro-Western president has announced that it will fight in opposition to the new pro-Russian government and will ask for its ministers to be removed from the cabinet.

The announcement came after months of negotiations over forming a coalition between the government of Victor Yanukovych, the prime minister, and the party of Viktor Yushchenko, the president.

Tetiana Mokridi, the party spokeswoman, said: "The Our Ukraine party is going into opposition to the government and will propose to the president that he recall ministers who are members of this party."

The lengthy talks mean that Our Ukraine is still not formally a member of the governing coalition despite the fact that three of its members sit on the 23-person cabinet.

http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/78EEA6FF-F8D7-45C9-91BD-43CEBB4FCB6C.htm

[Judi Lynn]

1. I hope Bush won't take this too hard. You wouldn't want to see him

dsappointed. He had such high hopes, didn't he?

All that plotting, scheming, and contribution of U.S. taxpayers' dollars to the Orange Revolution election.Tsk, tsk.

[bhikkhu]

2. What are the odds MSM plays this at all?

[saigon68]

3. Never