KIEV, January 11 (RIA Novosti) - A former prime minister of Ukraine and current opposition leader called Wednesday for an interim government to be formed in the country after parliament voted to dismiss the current Cabinet.
Viktor Yanukovich, who lost the 2004 presidential elections to Viktor Yushchenko, told his official Web site that an interim government had to be set up. But he said the Party of Regions, which he leads, was unlikely to play any role in it, "as the party does not want to take responsibility for a short period of time."
Parliament voted in favor of dismissing Prime Minister Yuriy Yekhanurov's government Tuesday, 80 days before the parliamentary elections, after Ukraine struck a controversial deal on natural gas supplies with Russia on January 4.
