Batkivschyna initiating early parliamentary and presidential elections, says Yatseniuk

The Batkivschyna parliamentary faction has initiated early parliamentary and presidential elections, the faction's leader, Arseniy Yatseniuk, has said.

"We are ready for early parliamentary and presidential elections," he told a press briefing on Monday.

In turn, Yatseniuk's first deputy, Serhiy Sobolev, stressed: "Our political force is initiating a new election process."