Ukrainian lawmakers on Wednesday approved the resignation of Prime Minister Oleksiy Goncharuk only six months into the job, caught out by a leaked recording of him criticising the president. Zelensky denounced Goncharuk’s government’s performance on economic issues, saying that it made some achievements but not enough. “We need new brains, new hearts,” Zelensky told parliament minutes before the vast majority of lawmakers voted to fire accept Goncharuk’s resignation at an extraordinary meeting. Goncharuk became Ukraine’s youngest-ever prime minister after Zelensky nominated him in August. Comedian-turned-politician Zelensky came to power last April promising to “break the system” that had ruled Ukraine since independence in 1991.

Source: Punch March 04, 2020 16:18 UTC