Ukraine’s parliament on Wednesday approved the resignation of Prime Minister Oleksiy Honcharuk, whose departure after only half a year on the job was abruptly announced late the previous evening. Honcharuk had a “cabinet of new faces, but faces are not enough. We need new minds, new hearts,” President Volodymyr Zelensky told a special session of parliament. Zelensky rejected that resignation request at the time, saying he would like to give Honcharuk and his cabinet more of a chance to prove themselves. Honcharuk was expected to be replaced by Deputy Prime Minister Denys Shmygal, who had been appointed in that capacity last month.

Source: Nigerian Tribune March 04, 2020 10:52 UTC