Ukraine's Rada forms 227-member coalition
Ukraine's newly formed parliamentary coalition includes 227 MPs, Petro Poroshenko Bloc faction leader Yuriy Lutsenko has said.
"Today, we have found the strength to create a coalition made up of 227 deputies, who are members of the Petro Poroshenko Bloc and the People's Front, and move further along the road that the Maidan pointed to us," Lutsenko said at a Verkhovna Rada session on Thursday morning.
The minimum number of MPs needed to form a coalition in Ukraine is 226.
KYIV. April 14 (Interfax) – Ukraine's newly formed parliamentary coalition includes 227 MPs, Petro Poroshenko Bloc faction leader Yuriy Lutsenko has said.
"Today, we have found the strength to create a coalition made up of 227 deputies, who are members of the Petro Poroshenko Bloc and the People's Front, and move further along the road that the Maidan pointed to us," Lutsenko said at a Verkhovna Rada session on Thursday morning.
The minimum number of MPs needed to form a coalition in Ukraine is 226.
