Ukraine Parliament re-elects Yatsenyuk as prime minister


The newly-formed Ukraine parliament has re-elected Arseniy Yatsenyuk as prime minister.Yatsenyuk, proposed by President Petro Poroshenko, garnered the support of 341 of 450 lawmakers in parliament, also known as Verkhovna Rada on Thursday.The president delivered a speech ahead of the vote asking for support for Yatsenyuk, saying: "The Ukraine constitution gives me 15 days to propose a prime minister and I need 15 seconds to ascertain him."Yatsenyuk's party, the People's Front won early elections on October 26, securing 22.17 percent of the vote.