Rada accepts Finance Minister Pynzenyk's resignation

11:45

The Ukrainian parliament has accepted Viktor Pynzenyk's resignation as finance minister.

This decision was passed by 238 MPs out of 439 registered in the session hall. In particular, one MP of the Regions Party, 154 MPs of the Bloc of Yulia Tymoshenko, 37 MPs of the Our Ukraine-People's Self-Defense bloc, 27 MPs of the Communist Party faction and 19 MPs of the Bloc of Lytvyn voted for this decision.

Pynzenyk was absent from the meeting as he is currently in hospital.

17.02.2009