Ukraine's Crisis Can Be Overcome Only Through Elections, New Leadership

© REUTERS / Valentyn OgirenkoUkrainian deputies attend a parliament session in Kiev, Ukraine, March 15, 2016
Ukrainian deputies attend a parliament session in Kiev, Ukraine, March 15, 2016 - Sputnik International
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Early parliamentary elections in Ukraine are imminent as the country's economic and political collapse can be overcome, if at all possible, only through new political leadership, the head of Hungarian party Jobbik's foreign policy cabinet told Sputnik on Tuesday.

Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko, right, celebrates with Arseniy Yatsenyuk after Yatsenyuk was appointed as Prime Minister during the opening first session of the Ukrainian parliament in Kiev - Sputnik International
Ukrainian and Foreign Politicians Comment on Yatsenyuk's Resignation
MOSCOW (Sputnik), Svetlana Alexandrova – The Ukraine political crisis escalated in February, after the parliamentary faction aligned to Ukraine's president – the Petro Poroshenko Bloc – described the cabinet’s work in 2015 as unsatisfactory. The following day, Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk’s government survived a no-confidence vote, which forced various factions to leave the ruling parliamentary coalition. On Sunday, Yatsenyuk announced his resignation amid the ongoing parliamentary crisis in the country.

"Sooner rather than later elections in Ukraine will be unavoidable. Such instability can be only partially, if it all possible, overcome through new elections and new leadership as the country is economically and politically a fallen state and de facto bankrupted state," Marton Gyongyosi, who is vice chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Hungarian National Assembly, said.

Ukraine's Verkhovna Rada is set to consider Yatsenyuk's resignation on Tuesday, as well as forming a new coalition and possibly appointing a new government. The Petro Poroshenko Bloc has nominated speaker of the Ukrainian parliament Volodymyr Groysman for the post of Prime Minister.

The Ukrainian government has been in turmoil since early February when the country’s economic development minister resigned citing the slow pace of change and widespread government corruption. Five other ministers initially followed his lead but later rowed back on their intention to quit.

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