Yanukovich party seeks law change for Ukraine coalition

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Source: Reuters

KIEV, March 4 (Reuters) - The party of Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich proposed changing the law on the formation of a majority coalition on Thursday, trying to quickly fill a governing vacuum after ousting Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko.

Yanukovich's Regions Party proposed a parliamentary amendment giving deputies the right to join a ruling coalition on an individual basis, rather than necessarily as part of a faction as under the current law.

Yanukovich lawmaker Vyacheslav Lukyanov said the change "creates the possibility of forming a coalition in the nearest future, possibly by the end of the week or the start of the next".

It was unclear whether parliament would vote on the amendment on Thursday, a day ahead of Yanukovich's first official visit to Moscow as president.

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