Summary
Tens of thousands of opposition supporters, many of them haggard and shivering after 17 days of round-the-clock street protests, chanted and danced in triumph after parliament approved reforms Wednesday to ensure a fair ballot in Ukraine's repeat presidential election.
The surprise vote in parliament was part of a compromise package that also included constitutional amendments to transfer some presidential powers to parliament but only after parliamentary elections in 2006, when backers of opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko hope to win a majority.See the full content of this document
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Ukrainian Election Reform Approved
Yushchenko had earlier denounced the amendments as an attempt to render his likely election victory meaningless, but he appeared to have ende...
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