Crimean Cabinet to remain in office (06/11/00)

Crimean Cabinet to remain in office

RFE/RL Newsline

SYMFEROPOL - The Presidium of the Crimean Parliament announced on May 31 that it will not officially publish the legislature's former resolution to dismiss the Crimean Cabinet of Serhii Kunitsyn, Interfax reported.

According to the agency, the presidium's decision means that Mr. Kunitsyn's Cabinet will in effect remain in office. The presidium said it made its decision following consultations with the presidential administration in Kyiv and taking into account "revealed legal contradictions and discrepancies" between the Ukrainian and Crimean Constitutions and other legislation.

"We should take into account that Ukraine's constitution is the main [law] and resolve all problems between the Crimean Parliament and the president, the guarantor of Ukraine's Constitution, on a constructive legal basis," Crimean Parliament Chairman Leonid Hrach commented.

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