KIEV, March 14 (RIA Novosti) – Ukraine’s acting president is convinced that that there is no need to reschedule the planned early presidential election from May 25 to December, the Ukrainian parliament’s press service reported.
Acting President Oleksandr Turchynov said the country needs a president, vested with full legal authority, “and the sooner the better.”
The statement came as a reply to a proposal by Yevhen Muraev, a lawmaker with the Party of Regions which has moved to the opposition after the ouster of President Viktor Yanukovych last month.
The fugitive leader resurfaced in Russia days after being impeached on February 22 by erstwhile protesters who took control over parliament and banded together with disaffected deputies from the ex-ruling Party of Regions.
The impeachment vote came one day after opposition parties signed an agreement with Yanukovych on a political settlement to form a unity government, call early elections and reform the constitution.
Moscow has repeatedly questioned the legitimacy of Ukraine’s new leadership.
