Yushchenko — Yanukovych: parliamentary elections

April 5, 2007, Kyiv.

The plot is dedicated to the extraordinary meeting of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine on holding early parliamentary elections.

On the video: NSDC meeting, various plans, speech by President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko and Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych; arrival of Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Oleksandr Moroz, comments; VRU building, various angles.

Comments: President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko; Prime Minister of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych; Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Oleksandr Moroz.

Reference: On April 2, 2007, President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko signed a decree on the early termination of the powers of the Verkhovna Rada, accusing the parliamentary majority of violating the constitutional procedure. This decision caused a political crisis: the government and parliament did not recognize the decree, insisting on its unconstitutionality. At the NSDC meeting, Yanukovych declares that elections are possible only after the decision of the Constitutional Court, while Yushchenko insists on holding them in the near future.