Two massive brawls erupted in Ukraine’s Parliament on Wednesday and Thursday as the country’s legislative body deliberates to choose a new speaker from President Viktor Yanukovych’s ruling party.
The majority of Parliament members were involved in the fight, but former heavyweight boxing champion Vitaly Klitschko, who heads the anti-corruption UDAR party—perhaps wisely—did not get involved in the melee, reported the Kyiv Post.
The fight broke out after opposition lawmakers tried to physically prevent a vote to choose the new speaker. In October’s disputed elections, Yanukovych’s Party of the Regions received 250 seats, more than enough to secure a majority in the legislative body.
Whenever Regions parliamentarians spoke, opposition lawmakers shouted “Shame!”
