Outside, tens of thousands of his supporters followed the debate through loudspeakers, cheering wildly at every procedural measure and embracing as the outcome was announced.
"It is an important and serious victory for us but there is still a lot to be done," parliamentary deputy Mykola Tomenko told crowds in nearby Independence Square, taken over by opposition supporters since the disputed Nov. 21 presidential election.
The opposition has vowed to use "People Power" to win demands for a new election soon.
Deputies also voted on Wednesday to create an interim "government of national trust."
Activism is kind of neat, huh? I guess we're just too friggin' comfortable to worry about the jeso-fascist takeover of our government. As long as the TV's working and the beer's cold, that is.
Yeah, when I read about what's been happening in Ukraine for the past week, you could subsititue American politicians and U.S. geographic locations, and you'd have a pretty good description of our own elections. Except for the outrage, of course.
