Election called for May 27

According to RIA Novosti, Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko just signed an order (Monday) to disband parliament and called new legislative elections, promising that they will be held in line with the constitution.
Viktor Yushchenko signed the parliament dissolution order after hours of crisis talks with parliamentary leaders failed to produce a compromise decision. He accused the majority coalition, led by Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych, of trying to expand its power base by unconstitutional means, notably by taking in individual lawmakers. Under the law, only entire factions can join the coalition.
But Speaker Oleksander Moroz said the president had no legal grounds to disband the assembly. The election, set for May 27, is another attempt by Yushchenko to resolve the country's ongoing political crisis, which has faced Ukraine since the latest ballot in March 2006.
Over the weekend, 70000 Yushchenko supporters and 20000 Yanukovych supporters took to the streets in central Kyiv in mass rallies. Yushchenko's Our Ukraine Party urged him to dissolve parliament while protesters from the Yanukovych camp said they would dispute the legality of such a move with the Constitutional Court.

A lot more interesting to me than the unveiling of Tory Campaign HQ here in Ottawa.