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UNIAN news agency, Kiev, in Ukrainian, 8 Apr 04
BBC Monitoring Service, UK, in English, Apr 08, 2004
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KIEV - The Ukrainian parliament has failed to approve a bill on amending the
constitution of Ukraine. A total of 294 out of 307 members of parliament
registered in the session hall supported the bill [a two-thirds majority of
300 votes was needed].
The breakdown by faction looks as follows:
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Ukrainian opposition deputies cheer as they celebrate the failure of a constitutional reform bill in the parliament hall in Kiev, April 8, 2004
REUTERS/Pool
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Regions of Ukraine - 61 out of 68 MPs voted in favour of the bill,
Communist Party - 58 out of 59,
Working Ukraine and Party of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs - 37 out of
42,
United Social Democratic Party - all 38,
Socialist Party - 19 out of 20,
Yuliya Tymoshenko Bloc - none,
People's Power - 17 out of 18,
Agrarian Party - 15 out of 16,
Democratic Initiatives - 16 out of 17,
People's Democratic Party - all 14,
People's Choice - 13 out of 14,
Six out of 24 unaffiliated MPs voted in favour of the bill.
[None out of 100 members of opposition faction Our Ukraine voted in favour
of the bill, Radio Roks, Kiev, in Ukrainian, reported at 1530 gmt on 8 April
2004.]
[The bill significantly cuts the president's powers. Opposition leaders said
it is aimed at making the presidency irrelevant and thus prolonging the
current authorities' stay in power.]
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