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Tymoshenko Accuses Our Ukraine Of Stalling On Coalition
April 6, 2006 -- Former Prime Minister Yuliya Tymoshenko has accused President Viktor Yushchenko's political bloc of dragging out talks on forming a parliamentary coalition.
Yushchenko's Our Ukraine said on April 6 that it backed a coalition with Tymoshenko's bloc and the Socialist party, its former Orange Revolution allies.
But Tymoshenko dismissed the announcement. "I think those guys [from Our Ukraine] would rather 'eat their own hand' today than sign a memorandum which gives our political force the right to form a government," she said.
Tymoshenko and Socialist Party leader Oleksandr Moroz on April 6 signed an open letter to Yushchenko, demanding the speedy formation of a coalition.
Yushchenko today said coalition talks were just beginning.
Following her party's strong showing in parliamentary elections on March 26, Tymoshenko says she should be prime minister, a post from which Yushchenko sacked her last September.
(compiled from agency reports)
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