Let's be selfish for a brief moment. President Yushchenko dissolved parliament and called for elections.

Remember bill #2562? This is the draft law that would make single parent adoption illegal... and set a minimum and maximum age for adoptive parents.

Well it is dead now.

But Ukraine really has bigger issues right now. One bright spot is that the Ukrainian military is following President Yuschenko.

Ukraine's army will obey President Viktor Yushchenko, who dissolved the country's parliament Monday, Defense Minister Anatoly Grytsenko said during an urgent government meeting overnight.

"The armed forces will follow the commander-in-chief's orders," said Grytsenko, a firm Yushchenko supporter and the last pro-Western hawk in a government formed almost entirely by the pro-Russian parliamentary coalition.

From: Ukraine's army to obey President Yushchenko

The dissolved parliament is refusing to acknowledge they are dissolved. And they are talking about impeaching President Yushchenko.



Ukraine's Crisis of Democracy has pretty much shut down some activities of government.

Since Ukrainian adoption is a government matter, I expect to hear that adoption is shutdown (hopefully briefly). This happened under the Orange Revolution back in 2004/2005. And the Orange Revolution lasted several months.

So maybe this will just be a hiccup.

President Viktor Yushchenko dissolved Ukraine's parliament and called early elections Monday, but parliament refused to acknowledge the order and vowed to continue meeting as the country slipped further into political turmoil.

Yushchenko accused [Prime Minister] Yanukovych's parliamentary majority of seeking to expand its power base in violation of the Constitution by recruiting members from pro-presidential factions.

``My actions are dictated by the strict necessity to save the state's sovereignty and territorial integrity,'' Yushchenko said in a live televised address. ``It is not only my right, it is my obligation.''

As Yushchenko spoke, parliament met in extraordinary session, where it voted to block money for the new election, which he set for May 27. Parliament Speaker Oleksandr Moroz said Yushchenko had no legal basis to make such a decision and lawmakers adopted a statement calling it baseless.

From: Ukraine President Calls Early Elections

P.S. I hope that I am wrong and adoption remains open. I know a family who just received their referral today.