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Coup d’etat in Ukraine

jushchenko.jpgUkraine is threatened by a coup d’etat. President Jushchenko has dissolved the Supreme Rada by decree on April 2nd, 2007. He did so without having any constitutional right for this action. His justification of an 'acute necessity of preserving the nation, its sovereignty and territorial integrity' is questionable in the first place, and not cited by the constitution as a cause for disbanding parliament. According to the December 2004 constitutional compromise, which was adopted by the then Supreme Rada as the revised Constitution of Ukraine on December 8th, 2004, … Continue Reading ››