Ukrainian opposition plans to form shadow government

(Interfax – March 29, 2015)

Ukraine’s Opposition Bloc plans to form a shadow government, says a posting on the opposition party’s website.

“I will be responsible for industry, new industrialization and rehabilitation of Donbas as deputy prime minister,” vice chairman of the Opposition Bloc’s parliamentary faction Oleksandr Vilkul was quoted as saying.

Vilkul said that [ex-deputy prime minister] Borys Kolesnykov would be shadow prime minister.

“The government in office is absolutely incompetent. Guided by European practice we are shaping an opposition government that will draft bills and propose steps to overcome the crisis and to protect Ukrainian citizens,” Vilkul said.