New Ukraine Fights In The First Session, By Nina Bharadwaj

     The newly elected Ukrainian parliament got into physical fight on Wednesday December 12, 2012 because of changing political views. The fight prevented a new prime minister and speaker from being elected.
     The fight began when members of the opposition tried to stop two of its members from being sworn in. They tried to stop it because the suspected that the members had changed their political views.
     This fight caused a member's ear to be torn. Other people were thrown out of the session and doors were blocked. The parliamentary channel in Ukraine broadcasted this live.
     Later on, some people from the Svoboda Party, that had come in fifth in national elections, broke doors and a metal detector at the entrance.
     Yuriy Syrotyuk, Svoboda Party MP said that "we knocked and knocked. The question is, who locked the doors for the members of parliament?"
     Parliament members walked on tables, on their collegues' heads and on the speaker's seat. We do not know the number of injuries yet.
     After a while, the members agreed to postpone the session and to continue it the next day. Oleksandr Efremov, a member of the Temporary Parliamentary Panel said "Our negotiations were successful. We negotiated to continue negotiations."
     The Ukranian law states that members of parliament cannot be punished and the police cannot get involved. Many fights are common among parliament members because many of them are professional athletes.
     Elections in October left the ruling Party of Regions in power. President Viktor Yanukovich is the leader. Former Prime Minister Yuliya Tymoshenko organized the United Opposition coalition. This is the second place party. Mr. Tymoshenko is in prison because of charges of abuse of authority. This punishment is seen by the United States and Europe as politically motivated.
Analysis: The author of this article, Victoria Butenko, wrote this article to inform us of the political beings of Ukraine. There was no sense of bias in this article. Everything was just facts.
I think that these fights are unnecessary. The new parliament should be mature enough to be able to resolve their conflicts without harming each other. If there are conflicts within the parliament, they should be solved in an organized manner.
Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2012/12/12/world/europe/ukraine-parliament-fight/index.html