Ukraine PM Yatsenyuk survives no confidence vote

February 17, 2016 02:03

Ukraine's embattled Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk survived a no confidence vote in his government today that came just hours after the president asked him to stand down.

The motion to oust the pro-Western government leader collected only 194 of a required 226 votes in Ukraine's 450-seat parliament.

President Petro Poroshenko had earlier asked Yatsenyuk to resign because he had lost the public's trust in his ability to fight corruption and overcome Ukraine's deep economic malaise.

Recent opinion polls show 70 per cent of Ukrainians supporting Yatsenyuk's ouster and only one percent backing his People's Front parliamentary bloc.

But Yatsenyuk put up a stiff defence of his record, in a passionate address to lawmakers delivered shortly before the vote.

"We saved this country and I want you to respect that," Yatsenyuk said.

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