Liashko confirms his Radical Party's withdrawal from Rada coalition

Liashko confirms his Radical Party's withdrawal from Rada coalition

The Radical Party announced the withdrawal of its faction from the parliamentary coalition.

"The faction's political announcement of its withdrawal from the coalition is the 'factual withdrawal from the coalition," politicians have been manipulating the issue of deputies' personal signatures about withdrawal from the coalition," the party leader said."This is our political position. What signatures?!" he said.The Ukrainian laws make no provision for the procedure of going into, and out of, the coalition, Liashko said.

It was reported that, on February 17, Batkivschyna party faction leader, Yulia Tymoshenko, said that her faction had decided to quit the parliamentary coalition. The move was announced the following day by Rada Speaker Volodymyr Hroisman.On February 18, the Samopomich faction announced its decision to withdraw from the coalition, but the speaker has yet to announce the withdrawal