Anti-government protesters warm themselves as they man a barricade in central Kiev, Ukraine, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2014. Leaders of the anti-government protests that have gripped Ukraine’s capital for more than two months say they will seek constitutional changes that will weaken the president’s powers. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)
Ukraine Protest
Anti-government protesters man a barricade in central Kiev, Ukraine, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2014. Leaders of the anti-government protests that have gripped Ukraine’s capital for more than two months say they will seek constitutional changes that will weaken the president’s powers. The shield depicts Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych with text reading “Get out!”. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)
Ukraine Protest
Anti-government protesters watch riot police as they man a barricade in central Kiev, Ukraine, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2014. Leaders of the anti-government protests that have gripped Ukraine’s capital for more than two months say they will seek constitutional changes that will weaken the president’s powers. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)
Ukraine Protest
Anti-government protesters inspect displayed ammunition used during recent clashes with security forces, in central Kiev, Ukraine, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2014. Leaders of the anti-government protests that have gripped Ukraine’s capital for more than two months say they will seek constitutional changes that will weaken the president’s powers. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)
Ukraine Protest
Anti-government protesters man a barricade in central Kiev, Ukraine, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2014. Leaders of the anti-government protests that have gripped Ukraine’s capital for more than two months say they will seek constitutional changes that will weaken the president’s powers. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)
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KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian opposition leader Vitali Klitschko, after meeting with the country’s beleaguered president, is warning that tempers are heating up and says the president must take action to resolve the country’s political crisis.
Klitschko’s meeting on Tuesday with President Viktor Yanukovych came as parliament held a session that took no action.
Two months of protests have put Yanukovych under substantial pressure. But he has made no moves to work with the opposition since last week, when he pushed parliament to pass a measure providing amnesty to many arrested protesters if demonstrators vacate buildings they occupy.
Protesters rejected that condition and continue to seek Yanukovych’s resignation and early elections.
After the meeting, Klitschko said “the temperature of society is growing and I told the president we have to immediately take a decision.”
