Fisticuffs in Ukraine parliament over premier vote
الأربعاء 12 december 2012 12:04:00 مساءً
A vote in Ukraine's parliament descended into fist fights Thursday, as members violently disputed who should become prime minister.
The ruling Party of Regions eventually managed to secure the majority needed for incumbent Mykola Azarov, an ally of President Viktor Yanukovich, to return for a second term, Reuters reported.The party's Volodymyr Rybak was also elected as speaker.Thursday was in fact the second day of brawling, according to the Kyiv Post. The new parliament, the result of disputed elections in October, had its first session Wednesday — and it was, if anything, even more chaotic.Members of Ukraine's three opposition groups blocked, physically, the ruling party's efforts to get Azarov and Rybak elected, storming the podium and chanting "Shame! Shame!"Videos show lawmakers yelling at, shoving and even hitting each other. (Nothing they haven't done before, incidentally.)Outside, meanwhile, women from nude protest group FEMEN held a topless demonstration against government corruption, before being dragged away by police.
