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Ukrainian President Reshuffles Cabinet
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Move follows accusation of corruption against several top officials of
Viktor Yushchenko's high-profile administration





Viktor Yushchenko reacts during a media conference in Kiev, Ukraine,
Thursday, Sept, 8. 2005Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko has
announced major changes to his cabinet Thursday, amid the first
serious political crisis of his presidency. This, after one of Mr.
Yushchenkos top officials earlier accused several high-profile
administration officials of corruption.

President Yushchenko sacked the government led by long-time supporter
Yulia Timoshenko. In the first of many expected changes, he appointed
Yuri Yekhanurov as acting Prime Minister.

Kiev-based political analyst Ivan Lozowy says the restructuring of
President Yushchenko's government was inevitable.

"There's no question in my mind that Yushchenko has got to clean up
house," said Mr. Lozowy. "Now that's a sad state of affairs to be in
only seven, eight months down the road. But in my view, there's no
question about this. There are simply too many things going wrong."

The widening political scandal has already led three top government
officials to resign.

The latest casualty of the crisis is one of those accused, Petro
Poroshenko, who headed Ukraine's National Defense and Security
Council.


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