The Ukrainian President, Victor Yuschenko, called a the third national election in three years. Citing Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko’s statement of neutrality on Russia’s invasion of Georgia and Yulia Tymoschenko’s Party’s support for a bill that would grant the Prime Minister significantly more power and allow for the impeachment of the Ukrainian president, Mr. Yuschenko stated that a government was no longer operational.
Ms. Tymoshenko is the first female Prime Minister of Ukraine and has been cited as one of the most powerful women on Earth by Forbes Magazine.
Ms. Tymoschenko’s party and the party of the President had formed a coalition and when the two parties broke relations with each other the government no longer had a governable majority in Parliament, necessitating the election.
Many believe that Ms. Tymoshenko has presidential aspirations and that she plans to run in the 2012 Ukrainian Presidential election.
