KIEV, January 16 (RIA Novosti) - The Speaker of the Ukrainian parliament Monday dismissed as unrealistic calls for the reversal of its decision last week to dismiss Yuriy Yekhanurov's government, but said that the resolution could be cancelled if changes were made to the Cabinet.
"The Supreme Rada cannot adopt a resolution and make the opposite decision a few days later," Volodymyr Lytvyn said. The resolution could not be ignored, he said, as it had already come into effect and no appeals had been made against it.
But he proposed a "partial rotation" within the cabinet, expanding parliament's support for government.
"After that, we could either cancel the resolution or adopt another version," Lytvyn said.
Lytvyn also said that President Viktor Yushchenko, who demanded last week that the parliament rescind its resolution to dismiss the government, could nominate a new candidate for the premiership who would attract parliament's support.
Otherwise, each side will defend its position "pretending that nothing has happened," he added.
Earlier on Monday, a bill was submitted to parliament claiming that the resolution in favor of dismissing the government - which the Supreme Rada adopted after debating how the Yekhanurov Cabinet had handled a gas price dispute with Russia - was in breach of the country's constitution.
Parliament is expected to examine the bill later this week.
