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Ukraine PM calls for constitutional changes to define roles of president and parliament

By Bernard Hibbitts (editor) and University of Pittsburgh School of Law students.

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[JURIST] Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko called for constitutional changes to provide more separation between parliamentary and presidential powers during a Thursday interview with Reuters. Tymoshenko said that she believed that the presidency should retain certain powers, but that parliament should be given clear ways to check those powers. She said that by amending the country's constitution to clarify the different roles, the government would be better able to address the country's problems, which include strong inflation and high unemployment. The Ukraine government has been criticized for being ineffective because of a power-struggle between the branches. In October, Tymoshenko withdrew a lawsuit she had brought against Ukraine President Victor Yushchenko after he suspended a plan to hold early elections following the collapse of the country's coalition government. Before suspending the plan, Yushchenko had issued a decree abolishing a Kiev court after it tried to block his order dissolving parliament. Ukraine's leadership is divided in the wake of the 2004 Orange Revolution that brought Yushchenko to power as president.

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