By Li Hongmei
Arseniy Yatsenyuk, the leader of the Batkivshchyna faction, expressed confidence that the voting on the new government would take place on Thursday morning.
Ukraine's Verkhovna Rada on Thursday plans to form a parliamentary coalition that will appoint the country's new government.
The coalition will be formed from the Batkivshchyna, Svoboda and UDAR factions. It will also incorporate lawmakers nonaffiliated with any faction, who will form their lawmaker groups enjoying the rights of factions or will join any of the existing factions. The Party of Regions has already declared it would go into opposition.
On February 21, the Verkhovna Rada passed a law on returning to the 2004 constitution, which fixed the parliamentary-presidential form of government in Ukraine, where president's competences were considerably reduced. The parliamentary coalition thus obtained the right to form the government.
The Verkhovna Rada's term has been extended from four to five years. Under the 2004 constitution, prime minister is elected by the parliament from among candidates nominated by the president. The parliament also appoints ministers of defense and of foreign affairs and head of the Security Service upon the recommendation of the president. Candidatures of other government members are nominated by the prime minister.
Meanwhile the overall number of people injured as a result of riots in Ukraine's capital, Kiev, has reached 810, the Health Ministry press service reported on Wednesday.
The death toll from the Kiev unrest remains at 82.
Central European FMs to travel to Ukraine on Friday
Foreign ministers from Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Hungary will travel to Ukraine on Friday to meet representatives of a new government expected to be appointed on Thursday, the Slovak Foreign Ministry said.
"The ministers' visit is closely coordinated with European Union's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton, and has her full support," the ministry said.
The three ministers, to be joined by a representative of the Polish foreign ministry, will meet acting President Oleksander Turchinov and representatives of the local administration in the eastern city of Doneck, it said.
