From the Liveblog of
Tuesday, May 21, 2019
Ukraine: Snap elections to be formally called in coming days
An adviser to the new Ukrainian president says that he will sign a decree formally dissolving the parliament and calling snap elections within days.
Andriy Bohdan, adviser to Volodymyr Zelensky, says in televised remarks that the Jewish president will send the decree in the coming days. He says he hopes that parliament will vote for changes to the electoral law before it is disbanded.
Moments after he was sworn into office, Zelensky dropped a bombshell when he said he is dissolving the parliament, dominated by allies of the former Ukrainian president. Zelensky sat down with political leaders this morning to discuss the dissolution.
Bohdan says the meeting with the lawmakers showed that they would be willing to adopt the electoral changes Zelensky has proposed.
— AP
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