Orange Kiss and Make Up

KIEV (Reuters) - Parties linked to Ukraine's "Orange Revolution" that swept President Viktor Yushchenko to power initialed an agreement on Monday to form a post-election coalition in parliament and a government. The "orange" coalition is all but certain to propose former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko, head of the largest "orange" group in the assembly, be restored to the job to which the president appointed her after taking office. Endorsement of the coalition took place after officials announced the final results from a parliamentary election giving two "orange" parties a wafer-thin majority of 228 seats -- two more than needed for a majority in the 450-member chamber.

"Let me just say that the election has led to a change in parliament. Power has changed hands in Ukraine and we have achieved the result we had hoped for," Tymoshenko said after the brief ceremony. "The democratic team has all grounds to reform all sectors of life so that people feel tangible changes in the country."

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Yushchenko appointed Tymoshenko prime minister of his first government after taking office in the aftermath of weeks of "orange" protests against election fraud in 2004. But she was fired within eight months and Yanukovich, beaten in the 2004 presidential poll, bounced back to become prime minister. Yushchenko and Tymoshenko reconciled during the campaign for the election, intended to end a year of political deadlock in the ex-Soviet state.

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I hope they can manage to work together now. Yanukovych has proven that if they don't, it's curtains for democracy in Ukraine.