16:05 01.09.2015

Ukraine's Radical Party secedes from parliament coalition, joins opposition ranks

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Ukraine's Radical Party secedes from parliament coalition, joins opposition ranks

The Radical Party faction secedes from the parliament coalition and joins the opposition ranks, leader of the Radical Party and its parliament faction Oleh Liashko has said.

"On behalf of the Radical Party faction, I am announcing our decision to withdraw from the coalition," Liashko told reporters after a parliament sitting on Tuesday.

He said the party would be in opposition to the incumbent authorities which, in his opinion, united with the Opposition Bloc and 'members of oligarchic groups' during the first reading of decentralization amendments to the Ukrainian constitution.

In addition, Liashko said they had decided that heads of parliament committees nominated by the Radical Party would resign.

"The faction has made a decision regarding the heads of three committees of the Verkhovna Rada delegated to those positions by the Radical Party. Those heads of parliament committees are tendering their resignations," he said.

Radical Party member Valeriy Voschevsky refused to hold the position of deputy prime minister for infrastructure in the Arseniy Yatseniuk Cabinet.

"The Radical Party faction's decision to secede from the coalition has been unanimous… hence, the Radical Party cannot have its representative in the government. This means I will tender my resignation from the position of deputy prime minister," he told reporters at the parliament on Tuesday.

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