Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko chairs a meeting in Kiev July 17, 2014. REUTERS/Mykola Lazarenko/Pool
KIEV (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said on Thursday he might announce the dissolution of parliament as early as Sunday - a move that will set up a parliamentary election in Ukraine in late October.
"The decision will be made when there is a constitutional basis for it and that moment, as everyone knows, is on Independence Day (Aug. 24)," Poroshenko was quoted as saying by Interfax Ukraine news agency.
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