So The Yanukovych dominated Verkhovna Rada Parliamentarians decided to reject the Presidential order dissolving Parliament and calling for new elections...
Radio Free Europe is reporting that the political crisis in Ukraine has intensified following President Viktor Yushchenko's order to dissolve parliament and hold new elections.The parliament, dominated by lawmakers loyal to Yushchenko's rival, Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych, has moved to defy the dissolution decree by passing a measure that blocks the government from funding the early parliamentary polls set for May 27.
They also passed a decree reinstating the former head of the Central Elections Committee who was removed from the job as a result of fraud during the 2004 elections. The incumbent, Davydovitch, is an honourable and courageous man who put his own life and personal safety on the line for the truth and the desire of his countrymen to have free and fair elections. He also put in place measures to ensure ballots could not be manipulated.
Hopefully, President Yushchenko knows what he is up against and has come to this knife fight properly armed this time, because there is no honour among Yanukovych's gang of thieves, thugs and poisoners.
Tuesday, April 03, 2007
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Nice blog. And yes, this does seem like an all-chips-in kind of standoff here in Kiev/Kyiv.
Either Yushchenko backs down (and thereby relinquishes what authority he has left) or this one goes to the mattresses. I can't see the losing side in an election accepting the result very easily.
Maidan II?
What's hard to understand is how the president didn't see this coming.
Of course, that's easy to say (and see) from the comfort and safety of my Canadian home.
I wonder if he needed for this to play out in the open, so people could see the true colours of all the players.
Is he as really as indecisive as some say, or did he put the good of the country ahead of his political ambitions? (Or vice-versa?)
I guess only time will tell (as we say in Radioland) ... but like you I hope he's properly armed and finally fed up enough to seriously fight back.
dear pumpernickel. Very interesting times. Despite being back since Monday afternoon, I didn't even know this was going on. People are out in force with their flags. I think Ukrainians like to take a hand in their political fate.
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