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UKRAINIAN PARLIAMENT TO DISCUSS PUNISHING CABINET. The Supreme Council on 19 May announced it will hold a special debate on punishing the government for its failure to collect sufficient revenues. The decision was made a day after the government told the legislature that unpaid pensions and wages to state employees rose by 10 percent in January-March to 3.6 billion hryvni ($916 million). In more bad economic news, the State Statistics Committee reported the same day that foreign investments in Ukraine plunged 52 percent in JanuaryMarch, compared with the preceding three months. JM