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Ukraine Parliament Fails to Adopt Tymoshenko Law for EU Pact
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Ukrainian lawmakers failed to pass a bill allowing jailed ex-Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko to get medical treatment abroad, a key demand in talks to sign a trade pact with the European Union.
Parliament in the capital, Kiev, today rejected six drafts of a bill on Tymoshenko, who’s serving a seven-year sentence following an abuse-of-office conviction the 28-member EU sees as selective justice. Opposition lawmakers requested Ukraine’s pardoning commission meet to seal her release, though President Viktor Yanukovych has said in the past that he can’t pardon her.