Brian Mefford: Ukraine’s parliament is getting a facelift, but will it make a difference?
Deputies of Ukrainian Parliament scuffle during a parliament session before the vote for MP Yuriy Lutsenko as prosecutor-general, in Kyiv on May 12.
The newly elected Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada, Andriy Parubiy, wasted no time in announcing a series of internal reforms for the Ukrainian parliament, which has long been the most hated institution of public life. In the latest International Republican Institute (IRI) poll, 88 percent of Ukrainians viewed the institution unfavorably.
