Ukrainian party leaders have rebelled against the new president’s decision to disband parliament and ignored his call to amend the election law. Ukrainian party leaders have rebelled against the new president’s decision to disband parliament and ignored his call to amend the election law. Ukraine’s parliament rebels against new president’s decreeParliamentary leaders met with Volodymyr Zelenskiy and had publicly backed his plans to hold early elections under new rules. But in a surprising turnaround, parliament speaker Andriy Parubiy told MPs that Mr Zelenskiy’s decree to call snap elections runs against the law. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP)Parliament also declined to even discuss Mr Zelenskiy’s amendments aimed at making elections more transparent.

Source: Irish Independent May 22, 2019 12:11 UTC