The Ukrainian government headed by Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman has survived a no confidence vote in the Verkhovna Rada, the Ukrainian parliament, on May 30.
The vote was triggered by Groysman’s letter of resignation, which he filed shortly after the newly elected President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, asked him to resign. President Zelenskiy made that request during his inaugural address on May 20.
Prior to the vote in parliament, Groysman said that he would accept any decision of the Rada.
The party of former President Petro Poroshenko, the Petro Poroshenko Bloc, and its former coalition partner, the People’s Front party, voted against Groysman’s resignation. The Opposition Bloc, the Batkivshchyna party of ex-Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, and the Radical Party of lawmaker Oleh Lyashko supported Groysman’s resignation.
During the vote, however, not all lawmakers voted with their parties. A few members of parliament from the Poroshenko Bloc and People’s Front voted for Groysman’s resignation.
In total, there were 97 votes in favor of the resignation. The minimum necessary number for a vote of no confidence was 226 votes.
