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Ukraine elects Azarov as PM after massive brawl
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December 14, 2012, Friday
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UKRAINE'S parliament yesterday approved Mykola Azarov, President Viktor Yanukovich's ally, as prime minister, after the ruling Party of the Regions and its allies mustered a majority despite raucous protests from the opposition.
Azarov, 64, who now faces tough talks with the International Monetary Fund, has served as prime minister since Yanukovich became president in February 2010 and was voted in for a second term in office by 252 votes from the 450-seat chamber.
"We must find compromise on co-operation with the IMF," he told the chamber.
Azarov's government lost access to the previous IMF program in 2011.
The vote on Azarov's nomination was an early test of the support that Yanukovich, who is expected to bid for a second term as president in 2015. But it culminated with rowdy scenes in parliament and protests from a re-invigorated opposition which spoke out against another term for Azarov. Deputies wrestled with each other in a mass of bodies around the main rostrum as opposition parties tried physically to block a vote on the Regions' candidate for speaker.
Azarov, 64, who now faces tough talks with the International Monetary Fund, has served as prime minister since Yanukovich became president in February 2010 and was voted in for a second term in office by 252 votes from the 450-seat chamber.
"We must find compromise on co-operation with the IMF," he told the chamber.
Azarov's government lost access to the previous IMF program in 2011.
The vote on Azarov's nomination was an early test of the support that Yanukovich, who is expected to bid for a second term as president in 2015. But it culminated with rowdy scenes in parliament and protests from a re-invigorated opposition which spoke out against another term for Azarov. Deputies wrestled with each other in a mass of bodies around the main rostrum as opposition parties tried physically to block a vote on the Regions' candidate for speaker.
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