President Leonid Kuchma.The Ukrainian parliament on Wednesday adopted a new composition of the Central Election Commission (CEC)of 15 people following its dismissal of the body earlier in the day. (Xinhua/AFP Photo)
Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma (R) and Vladimir Litvin (L), speaker of Ukrainian Parliament show signed document during an emergency session of the Ukrainian Parliament in Kiev, Dec.8. The parliament has passed a package of constitutional and electoral amendments earlier in the day. (Xinhua/AFP Photo)
Pro-West opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko (R) and his top alley Jilia Timoshenko (L) celebrate in downtown Kiev after Ukraine's parliament passed a bill to change electoral law.(Xinhua/AFP Photo)
Supporters of Ukraine's pro-West opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko celebrate in front of the Parliament in Kiev after Ukraine's parliament voted in a new central election commission.(Xinhua/AFP Photo)
Supporters of opposition leader hailed the result that The parliament has passed a package of constitutional and electoral amendments earlier in the day to shifts more presidential powers to parliament in another move to satisfy the opposition and end the political impasse, Kiev, Dec. 08, 2004. (Xinhua/AFP Photo)