烏克蘭議會廢除反抗議法

Ukraine's parliament has repealed a controversial set of laws restricting public protests, while Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov has offered his resignation in what the government says is an effort to encourage political compromise.

Ukraine's government website announced the news of the resignation Tuesday, publishing a statement by Mr. Azarov that says he wants to encourage "social-political compromise," after two months of protests that have recently culminated with violent clashes between demonstrators and police.

He said he hoped his resignation, which still must be accepted by President Viktor Yanukovych, will create an opportunity for the peaceful settlement of the country's political crisis.

Hours later, parliament approved the repeal of the anti-protest laws, which had sparked some violent anti-government protests in Kyiv and elsewhere. But President Yanukovych said amnesty for dozens of protesters arrested at the demonstrations will only be implemented if activists take down their barricades and leave the streets.烏克蘭議會廢除了一系列限制公開抗議的有爭議的法律，同時，烏克蘭總理阿扎羅夫遞交辭呈，政府方面說，這是爲了鼓勵政治妥協。

烏克蘭政府網站星期二宣佈了總理辭職的消息，並公佈了阿扎羅夫的聲明。聲明說，他希望鼓勵“社會-政治妥協”。烏克蘭的抗議活動已經持續了兩個月，並在近期發展爲示威者和警察之間的暴力衝突。

阿扎羅夫說，他希望他的辭職將爲和平解決國家的政治危機創造機會。他的辭職尚需得到總統亞努科維奇的批准。

幾個小時後，議會批准廢除反抗議法。這些法律在基輔和其它地方激起了一些反政府暴力抗議活動。不過，總統亞努科維奇說，只有在活動人士拆除路障並離開街頭之後，他才能對幾十名示威期間被捕的抗議者實行大赦。