Wednesday, April 25, 2007

Constitutional Court hears final phase in Ukrainian standoff

Today, Ukraine's Constitutional Court entered the final stage of hearings into whether President Yushchenko's decree of April 2 dissolving the Verkhovna Rada is constitutional. The Constitutional Court's session devoted to the decree, which officially began on April 17, is taking place in a courthouse cordoned off by police and picketed by representatives of the ruling coalition, who oppose the dissolution of Parliament, as well as of the opposition, which supports Yushchenko's decree.

1 comment:

Brooke - Little Miss Moi said...

Dear pumpernickel. Cordoned off is right. It started as just one block, and now extends two blocks. I went down there yesterday and not only is the riot police out, as they have been for days, but I think the army has been brought in too - there seems to be a lot more tension there than a week ago.

So I turned around and did my shopping at Furshet.