Parliamentary election in Ukraine 2007
The 2007 election to the Ukrainian Parliament took place on September 30, 2007 in Ukraine . The new election was scheduled after the Ukrainian parliament that had emerged from the March 2006 elections was dissolved by President Viktor Yushchenko in April 2007 . On December 18, 2007, the new parliament elected Yulia Tymoshenko as the new Prime Minister.
Attended lists
There were 20 parties and electoral alliances to choose from:
- Party of Regions (Partija Rehioniw)
- " Block Julija Tymoshenko " ("Blok Juliji Tymoshenko")
- Block " Our Ukraine - National Self-Defense " ( Block " Nascha Ukrajina - Narodna Samooborona")
- Communist Party of Ukraine (Komunistytschna partija Ukrajiny)
- " Block Lytwyn " ("Blok Lytwyna")
- Socialist Party of Ukraine (Sozialistytschna partija Ukrajiny)
- Progressive Socialist Party of Ukraine (Prohresyvna Sozialistytschna partija Ukrajiny)
- All-Ukrainian Association "Freedom" (Vseukrajinske Objednannja "Swoboda")
- Party of the Greens of Ukraine (Partija selenych Ukrajiny)
- Election block Ludmila Suprun - Ukrainian regional active (URA) (Wybortschyj blok Ludmily Suprun - Ukrajinskyj rehionalnyj aktiv)
- Communist Party of Ukraine (renewed) (Komunistytschna partija Ukrajiny (onovlena))
- Party of Free Democrats (Partija Wilnych Demokratieiw)
- Block of the Pensioners' Party of Ukraine (Blok Partiji pensioneriw Ukrajiny)
- Ukrainian National Economic Development Party (Partija nazional-ekonomitschnoho roswytku Ukrajiny)
- Ukrainian People's Block (Ukrajinskyj narodnyj Blok)
- Rural block "Agrarian Ukraine" (Seljanskyj blok "Ahrarna Ukrajina")
- Block "Christian Block" (Blok "Christianskyj blok")
- Electoral bloc of political parties "KUTSCHMA" (Wybortschy blok politytschnych partij "KUTSCHMA")
- Block All-Ukrainian Society (Blok Wseukrajinska hromada)
- All-Ukrainian National Trust Party (Wseukrajinska partija narodnoji Dowiri)
In addition, there was the possibility to vote “against all”.
Counting
The official final result was announced on October 15, 2007, five days earlier than expected. During the counting of votes, interim results were repeatedly published from October 1st to 3rd. At first it looked like a clear victory for the “orange” camp from the Yulia Tymoshenko block (BJuT) and the electoral alliance of the president “ Nascha Ukrajina - Narodna Samooborona ” (NU-NS). According to the first results, the Tymoshenko party was the strongest force. However, in the course of the count, the Party of Regions (PR) caught up and overtook them. The Socialist Party slipped below the three percent hurdle in the course of the count , which ultimately left a thin majority of parliamentary seats for the orange parties.
President Yushchenko criticized the allegedly delayed counting in the eastern parts of the country. The different speed at which the votes were evaluated had led to the large discrepancy between the first results and the later intermediate results. In view of their fading lead, the western-oriented parties saw the slowed-down counting in the strongholds of Viktor Yanukovych and his Party of Regions as an indication of possible election fraud.
Election result
Official result
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| Parties and electoral alliances | be right | % | +/- | Seats | +/- |
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Party of Regions (Partija Rehioniw) |
8,013,918 | 34.37 | +2.23 | 175 | −11 |
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Block Julija Tymoshenko (Blok Juliji Tymoshenko) |
7,162,174 | 30.71 | +8.42 | 156 | +27 |
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Our Ukraine - National Self-Defense (Nascha Ukrajina - Narodna Samooborona) |
3,301,012 | 14.15 | +0.2 | 72 | −9 |
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Communist Party of Ukraine (Komunistytschna Partija Ukrajiny) |
1,257,397 | 5.39 | +1.73 | 27 | +6 |
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Block Lytwyn (Blok Lytwyna) |
924,568 | 3.96 | +1.52 | 20th | +20 |
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Socialist Party of Ukraine (Sozialistytschna Partija Ukrajiny) |
668.185 | 2.86 | −2.83 | 0 | −33 |
| Others | 970.936 | 5.82 | −7.31 | - | |
| "against all" | 2.73 | +0.96 | - | ||
Regional differences in voting behavior
As expected, there were large regional differences in voting behavior, as was the case at the polls in previous years. The western parts of the country tended to support the “orange” forces, while the Party of Regions dominated in eastern Ukraine. This division of the country has not changed since the parliamentary elections in 2006. Only in western Ukraine was there a shift in favor of the BJuT versus NU-NS. The stark difference between the individual regional election results shows the depth of the political division in Ukraine. For example, forces who achieved over two-thirds of the vote in one oblast could not even win three percent of the vote in other areas.
The Party of Regions (PR) became the strongest force in ten of the 27 administrative units. It achieved its best result with over 73% of the vote in Luhansk Oblast and over 72% in Donetsk Oblast . Its worst with only about 3% was achieved by PR in the Oblasts of Ivano-Frankivsk and Ternopil .
The Yulia Tymoshenko bloc became the strongest force in 16 oblasts. It achieved its best result with over 55% in Volyn Oblast and its worst with almost 4% in Donetsk Oblast .
The block "Nascha Ukrajina - Narodna Samooborona" achieved its best result in the Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast with over 35%. It also got more than 30% of the votes in the Oblasts of Lviv , Ternopil and Transcarpathia . The worst performing block in Donetsk Oblast.
Like the Party of Regions, the Communists were stronger in the east and south of Ukraine than in the west. The stronghold of the communists is the city of Sevastopol , where the party received more than 10% of the vote.
The Lytwyn block achieved its best result by far in the Zhytomyr Oblast , home of its top candidate and namesake, Volodymyr Lytwyn .
Among the Ukrainians abroad, BJuT and NU-NS together achieved over 60% of the vote, the Party of Regions a little over 25%.
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| Oblast | Voter | PR | BJuT | NU-NS | KPU | BL | SPU |
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| Ukraine | 34.4 | 30.7 | 14.2 | 5.4 | 4.0 | 2.9 | |
| east | 63.8 | 66.5 | 7.5 | 3.4 | 7.3 | 2.2 | 4.9 |
| Donetsk | 66.0 | 76.0 | 4.5 | 2.0 | 6.8 | 1.0 | 1.3 |
| Luhansk | 66.3 | 73.5 | 5.1 | 1.7 | 8.5 | 2.4 | 1.3 |
| Kharkiv | 58.3 | 49.6 | 16.4 | 8.1 | 8.3 | 4.6 | 2.6 |
| south | 57.0 | 54.6 | 13.6 | 6.5 | 7.7 | 4.6 | 3.4 |
| Crimea | 55.8 | 61.0 | 6.9 | 8.2 | 7.6 | 3.9 | 1.9 |
| Zaporizhia | 61.4 | 55.5 | 14.7 | 4.7 | 8.3 | 5.5 | 2.3 |
| Mykolaiv | 57.6 | 54.4 | 16.6 | 5.8 | 7.2 | 4.5 | 1.9 |
| Odessa | 54.5 | 52.2 | 13.7 | 6.5 | 6.2 | 5.1 | 7.2 |
| Kherson | 55.5 | 43.2 | 23.1 | 9.1 | 9.1 | 3.7 | 2.5 |
| Sevastopol (city) | 59.7 | 64.5 | 5.0 | 2.3 | 10.3 | 2.5 | 2.7 |
| center | 60.5 | 30.6 | 34.8 | 11.8 | 6.4 | 4.7 | 2.4 |
| Vinnytsia | 64.5 | 12.6 | 50.0 | 18.6 | 5.0 | 3.1 | 2.5 |
| Dnepropetrovsk | 58.9 | 48.7 | 20.8 | 6.2 | 7.6 | 5.0 | 1.3 |
| Kirovohrad | 57.9 | 27.0 | 37.6 | 11.7 | 6.4 | 5.5 | 2.8 |
| Poltava | 61.9 | 24.8 | 37.9 | 14.5 | 6.5 | 4.9 | 3.0 |
| Cherkassy | 60.1 | 15.5 | 47.0 | 15.3 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.3 |
| north | 62.5 | 16.7 | 45.5 | 16.1 | 4.9 | 5.7 | 2.1 |
| Zhytomyr | 62.5 | 22.4 | 37.0 | 15.1 | 5.8 | 8.3 | 2.5 |
| Kiev | 61.9 | 13.0 | 53.4 | 15.1 | 3.0 | 5.1 | 2.2 |
| Sumy | 62.0 | 15.7 | 44.5 | 20.8 | 5.8 | 3.3 | 2.0 |
| Chernihiv | 61.8 | 20.7 | 41.9 | 14.9 | 6.7 | 4.2 | 2.9 |
| Kiev (city) | 63.5 | 15.0 | 46.2 | 15.8 | 4.6 | 6.6 | 1.6 |
| west | 68.4 | 8.3 | 48.9 | 29.1 | 1.8 | 3.2 | 1.6 |
| Wolyn | 71.0 | 6.7 | 57.6 | 20.0 | 2.7 | 4.6 | 1.9 |
| Transcarpathia | 52.1 | 19.8 | 28.9 | 31.1 | 1.8 | 6.0 | 3.5 |
| Ivano-Frankivsk | 72.6 | 3.0 | 50.7 | 36.8 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.8 |
| Lviv | 73.9 | 4.2 | 50.4 | 36.0 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 0.6 |
| Rivne | 68.7 | 10.4 | 51.0 | 20.8 | 2.4 | 6.1 | 2.1 |
| Ternopil | 76.5 | 3.0 | 51.6 | 35.2 | 0.7 | 1.6 | 1.1 |
| Khmelnytskyi | 66.3 | 14.1 | 48.2 | 18.4 | 4.0 | 6.6 | 1.7 |
| Chernivtsi | 58.2 | 16.8 | 46.2 | 20.3 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 3.8 |
| Embassies | 6.0 | 26.5 | 33.1 | 25.5 | 1.6 | 2.3 | 1.2 |
Attempts to exert influence from abroad
A few days before the ballot, the Russian ambassador to Kiev , Viktor Chernomyrdin, announced that if Yulia Tymoshenko were elected prime minister, the price of gas for Ukraine would rise significantly.
On October 2, the Russian state gas company Gazprom declared that Ukraine still had debts to pay for gas it had supplied and issued an ultimatum until the end of October. Some observers see this as an attempt to create a subtle threatening backdrop in order to influence the upcoming formation of a government. The Gastreite conflict between the two countries has been simmering since the Orange Revolution .
Election observer
For the parliamentary organs of the Council of Europe , the EU , the OSCE and NATO , 570 election observers and 140 parliamentarians were in the country to monitor the correct course of the ballot and to uncover possible manipulations. Representatives of the Council of Europe said that the election was largely conducted in accordance with international democratic standards, but that Ukraine's political system still has major flaws that will have to be addressed through reforms in the very near future.
Dispute
On behalf of the Communist Party (KPU), candidate Serhiy Hmyrja appealed to the Supreme Administrative Court of Ukraine and asked for a review of the Central Electoral Commission's approach to counting votes. The Socialist Party of Ukraine, the Progressive Socialist Party of Ukraine, the Free Democratic Party and the All-Ukrainian Party of National Confidence also lodged complaints. The court banned the publication of the election results in government gazettes until the investigation was complete. Since the constitution of the newly elected Rada can only take place after the official final results have been published, it is possible that the action brought by the five parties will delay the election of the new government. The deliberations of the court with hearings of the applicants and representatives of the Central Electoral Commission began on October 21, 2007.
On the evening of October 25, a representative of the court announced that the court had not been able to determine any legal violations during the election and that the result of the election, as determined by the Central Election Commission, may be officially announced.
Government formation
Reactions of the political actors to the result
After the publication of the first count results, in which the BJuT was the strongest force, Yulia Tymoshenko declared herself the winner of the election and announced the formation of a coalition government with NU-NS. After it turned out that the PR would become the strongest force, its top candidate and previous Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych claimed the office of head of government for himself, although he does not have the necessary majority with his previous coalition partners, as the Socialist Party just about three percent Hurdle failed.
On October 3rd, President Yushchenko called on PR, BJuT and NU-NS to form a government. It remained unclear whether he meant the formation of a coalition of the three mentioned forces. Yulia Tymoshenko rejected such a “grand coalition” and the NU-NS, the electoral alliance of the president, was not prepared to refrain from building a coalition with the BJuT alone. Only the PR was satisfied with the president's proposal. Viktor Yanukovych came into contact with Volodymyr Lytvyn on October 4 to negotiate a possible coalition, although both parties together do not have the necessary parliamentary majority. At the same time, the PR negotiated with NU-NS about the formation of a "grand coalition". She also invited the representatives of the BJuT to the talks.
Initiation of an “orange” coalition
The chairman of the NU-NS Yuriy Lutsenko , like Yulia Tymoshenko, advocated a coalition of the forces of the “Orange Revolution”, possibly expanded by the Lytvyn block. The synonyms "orange coalition" and "democratic coalition" were coined for this in the Ukrainian press. BJuT and NU-NS together have 227 mandates, the other parties together have 222. Negotiations between the two forces began on October 5th. On October 6th, Yushchenko said in an interview that he had not spoken of a grand coalition, but that despite the victory of the orange camp, he was in favor of including PR in the formation of the government. A possible coalition government of BJuT and NU-NS should leave some ministerial posts to the PR. Under these conditions, he had no objection to Tymoshenko as head of government.
After initial reports from the coalition negotiations, it was agreed that the BJuT should take over the economic departments, while the president's bloc would take over areas such as social affairs, the environment, family, etc. Yushchenko meanwhile refrained from including PR in the formation of the government and advocated the takeover more representative Post in parliament, such as that of the President of Parliament through PR. In the Party of the Regions, however, voices were raised calling for a boycott of the constitution of the new parliament in view of the looming formation of a government without the involvement of the largest parliamentary group. Without the members of the PR, the Rada would not be able to function and the Yanukovych government would initially remain in office.
On the afternoon of October 8, President Yushchenko met with the leaders of the parties elected to the new parliament. He set a deadline of five days within which the questions of the governing coalition and the appointment of the Prime Minister should be decided.
On October 11th, Yushchenko told the press that the parties of the “Orange Revolution” had won the parliamentary elections and that they had the right to fill the post of head of government. The coalition agreement between the two parties is almost perfect. He did not want to comment on the name of the future head of government. In view of the growing resistance from the ranks of the Party of Regions, which could prevent the constitution of parliament through a boycott, there were signs of an extension of the political tug-of-war. The chairman of the NU-NS, Yuriy Lutsenko , declared on October 15 that BJuT and NU-NS were ready to offer the PR in a possible coalition positions in several ministries as well as the posts of deputy parliamentary president and deputy prime minister. But he still refused to involve the PR directly.
On the same day, Lutsenko, Tymoshenko and Vyacheslav Kyrylenko (NU-NS) met with President Yushchenko. The party groups BJuT and NU-NS, which call themselves “democratic forces”, had previously announced the signing of the coalition agreement for the next day. However, since the president had set mourning for October 16 in connection with an explosion , the two parties signed the coalition agreement on October 15, which has not yet been published. At the same time they announced that they would continue to try to include Blok Lytwyna in the formation of the government. About the distribution of the posts to be filled, it became known that BJuT, more precisely Yulia Tymoshenko, will take over the post of Prime Minister and NU-NS will occupy the posts of Speaker of Parliament and Minister of Interior.
On the same evening, Vyacheslav Kyrylenko stated that it was part of the coalition agreement that BJuT and NU-NS undertake to introduce twelve legislative initiatives into the Rada before the election of the new head of government. The most important of the projects is the abolition of parliamentary immunity and other privileges and privileges for representatives of the people. In addition, the responsibilities between Parliament and the President when filling ministerial positions are to be reorganized and an imperative mandate is to be introduced for members of the Rada . As another coalition project, at the urging of the BJuT, the abolition of general conscription and the introduction of a professional army on January 1, 2008 were agreed in the contract. The latter encountered resistance from the defense minister and NU-NS candidate Anatoly Hryzenko within the coalition , who for his part insists on maintaining conscription until 2010 as the 2008 deadline as unrealistic.
Contrary to reports to the contrary, even after the constitution of the new Rada there were controversies within the NU-NS and BJuT about the coalition agreed by the party leaders. Especially within the NU-NS there were opponents of a coalition with the BJuT. The last speech in this context was seven MPs who refused to approve the coalition. Above all, the election of Julija Tymoshenko as head of government is controversial here. Prominent opponents of Tymoshenko in the ranks of the NU-NS are Ivan Pljuschtsch and the former Prime Minister Jurij Jechanurow .
On November 29, 2007, 227 MPs from BJuT and NU-NS signed the coalition agreement. Ivan Plyushch was the only one to refuse to give his consent. The former Foreign Minister Arseniy Yatsenjuk has now been proposed as a candidate for the office of President of Parliament .
After the election of Yatsenyuk, who immediately made an official request to President Yushchenko to propose Yuliya Tymoshenko as the new Prime Minister, it became known that the coalition factions were negotiating a possible cooperation with the Blok Lytvyna .
Efforts of the Party of Regions to form a government
Shortly after the agreement was announced, the Party of Regions published a declaration on its website declaring it the winner of the elections and announcing that it would continue to work on forming its own coalition. The political opponents are accused of acting irresponsibly, which divides Ukraine. There is also talk of irregularities in the election and the counting of votes.
On November 14, Volodymyr Lytwyn , chairman of Blok Lytwyna, told the press that there were unofficial negotiations between the PR and NU-NS about the formation of a coalition. President Yushchenko's relationship with his possible coalition partner Yulia Tymoshenko is worse than that with the previous Prime Minister Yanukovych. Mykola Azarov of the PR confirmed the following day that his party was in coalition negotiations with political forces in the newly elected parliament. Specifically, he did not want to comment on potential partners. Representatives of the NU-NS contradicted Lytwyn's claims that their electoral alliance was negotiating with the PR.
On November 22nd, Mykola Azarov told the press that the PR accepted the formation of a “democratic coalition” of BJuT and NU-NS and was ready to assume its new role as an opposition party. At the same time, he noted that his party would seek new elections if the newly elected parliament “does not work constructively”. Previously, other PR representatives had not ruled out a blockade of the work of the new Rada.
Members of the BJuT and NU-NS parliamentary groups accused the PR of trying to bribe MPs from the two western-oriented parties to vote against the planned coalition and Yulia Tymoshenko as prime minister.
Constitution of the 6th Rada
Preparations
On November 6th, the committee to prepare for the first session of the newly elected parliament met for the first time. All political forces who passed the 3 percent hurdle in the elections and will therefore be represented in the 6th Rada are represented in the preparatory committee. The BJuT sent ten of its future members to the board ( Yulia Tymoshenko , Oleksandr Turtschynow , Josyp Winskyj , Mykola Tomenko , Viktor Pynzenyk , Yevhen Kornijtschuk , Serhiy Sas , Petro Krupko , Vsevolod Borodin and Yevhen Kyryltschuk ), NU-NS five ( Vyacheslav Kyrylenko , Yuriy Lutsenko , Borys Tarasyuk , Ruslan Knjasewytsch and Roman Swarytsch ), the KPU two ( Adam Martynyuk and Walentyn Matveyev ), the Lytvyn Bloc one ( Ihor Sharov ), the PR twelve ( Viktor Yanukovych , Mykola Azarov , Volodymyr Rybak , Rajisa Bohatyrjowa , Borys Kolesnikow , Andrij Kljujew , Wasyl Kyseljow , Oleksandr Jefremow , Olena Lukasch , Oleksandr Pekluschenko and Inna Bohoslowska ). By staying away on November 6, 7 and 8, the PR delegates prevented the committee from starting work. They justified their boycott by saying that the Central Electoral Commission had not yet registered all elected MPs and that it was therefore too early to hold a meeting to prepare for the first parliamentary session of the new Rada. Representatives of the NU-NS accused the PR of wanting to delay the constitution of the new parliament and the election of the new government as long as possible. PR chief Yanukovych will remain in office as prime minister until the new government is elected.
Finally, on November 12, the committee met for the first time. In the election of the chairman of the committee, both candidates, Adam Martynjuk (KPU), supported by PR, KPU and Blok Lytwyna, and Roman Swarytsch (NU-NS), supported by BJuT and NU-NS each received an equal number of votes. Given the stalemate, the PR refused to vote on the date for the first meeting of the new Rada until a committee chairman was appointed. The committee then adjourned its meeting. NU-NS and BJuT again accused the PR of wanting to postpone the constitution of parliament as long as possible.
On November 15, MP Rajisa Bohatyrjowa was elected by the PR to chair the committee. Her deputy is Roman Swarytsch from NU-NS. November 23, 2007 was unanimously set as the date for the constituent meeting of the new Rada at the proposal of the PR.
Also on November 15, the Central Electoral Commission of Ukraine met to register the last newly elected Rada MPs. According to Ukrainian law, a newly elected MP must submit the official dismissal papers from his previous job to the Central Electoral Commission for proper registration before he can exercise his mandate. The last meeting of the committee in preparation for the first meeting of the newly elected Rada took place on the eve of the same.
Constituent session
The first constituent meeting of the newly elected Rada took place on November 23, 2007. It was opened by the Speaker of Parliament (spiker) of the previous legislature , Oleksandr Moros . There was a scandal at Moros' opening speech. When he expressed his displeasure with the dissolution of parliament by the president and the early elections, MPs from NU-NS and BJuT left the room in protest. The provisional presidium for this meeting was elected by the preparatory committee. It included Rajisa Bohatyrjowa (PR), Oleksandr Turchynow (BJuT), Roman Swarytsch (NU-NS), Adam Martynjuk (KPU) and Ihor Scharow (Blok Lytwyna). The oldest member of the new Rada, Ivan Herasymow (KPU), read the deputies' oath of office, which they then signed.
Prime Minister Yanukovych then constitutionally declared the resignation of his cabinet. The government remains in office on a provisional basis until a new head of government is elected.
Election of the new speaker of parliament
The most promising candidate for the election of the new Speaker of Parliament was the previous Foreign Minister Arseniy Yatsenjuk (NU-NS). BJuT and NU-NS had agreed in their coalition agreement that this post should go to the presidential party. Yulia Tymoshenko indicated that she would not be available as prime minister if Yatsenyuk failed the election. Out of doubts about the discipline of the members of their parliamentary groups, the heads of the NU-NS and BJuT sought an open vote (instead of the usual secret one) or a vote en bloc over the entire Presidium of Parliament. However, these options were rejected by the other political groups. After hours of debate, the election finally came on the evening of December 4th, which Yatsenyuk won with 227 votes. Of the 228 votes of the planned government coalition, only that of the absent MP Ivan Pljuschtsch was missing , who had spoken out against the coalition several times in advance. The MPs from the Party of Regions and the Communists left the Chamber before the results of the vote were announced. They protested against MPs from the BJuT and NU-NS parliamentary groups showing their completed ballot papers before they threw them into the ballot box. This procedure should obviously prevent dissenters in their own ranks from voting against the common candidate, protected by the secret ballot. During the electoral procedure there was a scuffle between MPs from the two political camps as a result of the processes described.
Only on September 2, 2008, the MPs were able to agree on the election of two deputies for the President of Parliament. Were elected Oleksandr Lawrynowytsch of the PR and Mykola Tomenko from BJuT. MPs from PR, BJuT and NU-NS voted for the candidates.
The new government
choice
As one of his first official acts, the new parliamentary president Arseniy Yatsenyuk signed the request of the future coalition to the president on December 6th to propose the group leader of the BJuT, Yulia Tymoshenko, as the new prime minister. Yushchenko officially proposed Yulia Tymoshenko as the new Prime Minister at a meeting of the Verkhovna Rada on December 11, 2007. In the subsequent election it achieved 225 out of 450 votes. Your choice had failed. After complaints from the ranks of the coalition groups that there was an error in the electronic voting system, the election was repeated, but produced the same result. A MP from the Party of Regions prevented President Yatsenyuk from voting. The meeting was then suspended and finally adjourned to December 12th. The coalition groups accused the opposition groups of having manipulated the electronic voting system and filed a criminal complaint in this case, as well as in the case of the President of the Parliament being prevented from voting. The proposal to repeat the election by show of hands without the voting system was rejected by the opposition groups. An investigation of the voting system by the secret service SBU revealed no signs of manipulation.
On December 12, when President Yushchenko presented Tymoshenko again as Prime Minister and a subsequent vote was scheduled, the seats in the parliamentary presidium were occupied by MPs from the Party of Regions, so that Parliamentary President Yatsenyuk could not perform his duties and a meeting of the Rada was not possible. The election of the head of government and the cabinet was finally postponed to December 18. Because of the doubts about the proper functioning of the electronic voting system, it was decided against the opposition of the PR, KPU and Blok Lytwyna to carry out the voting by show of hands. The vote took place on December 18 and Tymoshenko was elected Prime Minister of Ukraine with 226 votes. With the exception of Ivan Pljuschtsch and the sick MP Ivan Spodarenko (NU-NS), all members of the BJuT and NU-NS parliamentary groups voted for Tymoshenko. The other three parties represented in the Rada did not take part in the vote.
composition
The second Ukrainian government under Yulia Tymoshenko included:
| Prime Minister | Yulia Tymoshenko |
| First Vice Prime Minister | Oleksandr Turchynov |
| Second Vice Prime Minister | Ivan Wasjunyk |
| Third Vice Prime Minister | Hrihorij Nemyrja |
| Interior minister | Yury Lutsenko |
| Defense Minister | Yuri Jechanurov |
| Foreign minister | Volodymyr Ohrysko |
| Minister of Justice | Mykola Onishchuk |
| Finance minister | Viktor Pynsenyk |
| Economics Minister | Bohdan Danylyschyn |
| Minister of Agriculture | Yury Melnyk |
| Energy minister | Yuri Prodan |
| Coal Industry Minister | Viktor Poltavets |
| Environment Minister | Heorhiy Filipchuk |
| Civil Protection Minister | Volodymyr Shandra |
| Industry Minister | Volodymyr Novyzkyj |
| Minister of Transport and Communication | Josyp Winskyj |
| Minister for Housing and Local Services | Olexy Kucherenko |
| Minister of Construction and Regional Development | Wasyl Kujbida |
| Minister of Labor and Social Affairs | Lyudmyla Denisova |
| Education and Science Minister | Ivan Vakarchuk |
| Minister of Culture and Tourism | Wasyl Wowkun |
| Minister of Health | Wasyl Knjasewytsch |
| Family, Youth and Sports Ministers | Yuri Pavlenko |
| Cabinet Minister | Petro Krupko |
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Elections of People's Deputies of Ukraine, 2007 Central Election Commission of Ukraine (en)
- ↑ The Elections of People's Deputies of Ukraine, 2006 Central Election Commission of Ukraine (en)
- ↑ Central Electoral Commission of Ukraine ( Memento from June 17, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ Spiegel Online: Tymoshenko sees himself as the winner of the election
- ↑ NEWSru.ua: БЮТ: задержка подсчёта голосов - на руку фальсификаторам ( Memento of the original from April 15, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Відомості про підрахунок голосів виборців в межах України ( Memento from October 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Central Electoral Commission of Ukraine ( Memento from June 17, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
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- ↑ netzeitung.de Almost everything speaks for Julia Tymoshenko ( Memento from February 16, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ Report on the website of the Council of Europe
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- ↑ Complaint of the KP the Supreme Administrative Court ( Memento of the original from October 20, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
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- ↑ http://obozrevatel.com/news/2007/10/23/197348.htm
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- ↑ Ukraine: Tymoshenko does not want to attend the round table. In: Spiegel Online . October 3, 2007, accessed June 9, 2018 .
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- ↑ http://www.kommersant.ua/doc.html?docId=812632
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- ↑ http://www.newsru.com/world/15oct2007/rada.html
- ↑ Tymoshenko should rule Ukraine (tagesschau.de archive)
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