Ukrainian President Sees Jaresko as Potential New Premier
- Poroshenko says Lviv Mayor Sadovyi could also be a candidate
- Yatsenyuk's party `welcomes' nominees, seeks new cabinet names
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Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko sees Finance Minister Natalie Jaresko and Lviv Mayor Andriy Sadovyi as possible candidates to take over as prime minister and lead the country out of its worst political crisis in two years.
A third option would be for the ruling coalition to pick a replacement for incumbent Premier Arseniy Yatsenyuk, Poroshenko’s spokesman, Svyatoslav Tsegolko, said Monday on Facebook. The president meets this evening with parliamentary leaders to discuss cabinet changes to accelerate reforms while “preserving pro-European policies,” he said.