KIEV, Dec. 14 (Xinhua) -- The Ukrainian parliament on Friday approved some lawmakers' proposal to hold a hand vote next Tuesday, to decide again whether Yulia Tymoshenko can serve as the country's prime minister.

    Tymoshenko was voted down by the legislature on Tuesday for lacking one vote. President Viktor Yushchenko nominated her again for the job on Wednesday.

    Tymoshenko's party colleagues in the parliament and lawmakers from President Yushchenko's Ukraine-People's Self-Defense party strongly demanded a hand vote, citing potential problems in the parliament's electric voting system.