Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy attends a meeting with the lawmakers in Kiev, Ukraine, Tuesday, May 21, 2019. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP) (Associated Press)KIEV, Ukraine — Ukraine’s new president on Tuesday formally ordered Ukraine’s parliament to dissolve and called an early election for July, hoping to ride the wave of his electoral success to get his supporters into parliament. He quickly fulfilled the promise in Tuesday’s decree, which set a parliamentary election for July 21. The election to Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada legislature was originally scheduled for Oct. 27. On Tuesday, he asked the parliament speaker to call an emergency session to discuss amendments to Ukraine’s electoral law.

Source: Washington Post May 21, 2019 11:44 UTC