Baku, Azerbaijan /corr. Trend A.Gasimova / Being elected as the Prime Minister of Ukraine, Yulia Timashenko gained the second chance to prove that she is prepared to take the responsibility for the economic development in Ukraine.
"Timashenko gained the second chance to prove that she is capable not only fight for the power from opposition, but also is prepared to take the responsibility for the economic development of the large country such as Ukraine," said the Head of the German Foreign Policy Council's Program for Russia and CIS countries, Alexander Rar.
On 18 December, the members of the Supreme Rada (Parliament) of Ukraine elected Yulia Timashenko as the Prime Minister of the Country.
The voting was attended by 226 parliamentarians from 'orange' fraction of Bloc of Yulia Timashenko and 'Our Ukraine - Popular Self-Defense'. All members of this fraction who attended the meeting supported Yulia Timashenko's candidature.
Rar reported to Trend by telephone from Moscow on 19 December that Timashenko should reach an agreement on her new post. "She should be integrator, but not terminator of Ukraine," he said.
According to him, the priority for the new Prime Minister should be to combine the western and eastern parts of the Country. "It the best way to do it through interlacing economic interests," Rar said.
On 11 December Rada could not appoint Timashenko to the post of Prime Minister because 225 parliamentarians (1 MP less than required) voted for her twice. The coalition stated that the system of electronic voting gave errors, but the inspections did not testify these doubts. Therefore, it was decided to vote by name.