Ukraine: Orange Revolution Drowns Amid Mutual Recriminations

[Judi Lynn]

Wednesday, 21 September 2005


Ukraine: Orange Revolution Drowns Amid Mutual Recriminations
By Jan Maksymiuk



The recent infighting has left supporters of the Orange Revolution disenchanted
(AFP)

The Verkhovna Rada on 20 September narrowly failed to approve Yuriy Yekhanurov as head of the Ukrainian government. With 226 votes required for approval, Yekhanurov was supported by 223 deputies. The rejection of Yekhanurov represents a serious setback for President Viktor Yushchenko in the ongoing political crisis in the country.

Yushchenko nominated Yekhanurov on 8 September, immediately after dismissing the cabinet headed by Yuliya Tymoshenko. The dismissal of Tymoshenko was triggered by repeated allegations of corruption in the president's inner circle and a public feud between Tymoshenko and National Security and Defense Council Secretary Petro Poroshenko.

Charges Of Corruption

The long sequence of corruption charges was inaugurated by Mykhaylo Brodskyy, an adviser to Tymoshenko. "There is nothing but corruption around Yushchenko," Brodskyy said on 1 September, without producing any evidence. Brodskyy mentioned Poroshenko, Tretyakov, and Transport Minister Yevhen Chervonenko as the most corrupt officials in Yushchenko's entourage.

On 2 September chief of presidential staff Oleksandr Zinchenko tendered his resignation, citing increasing corruption in the presidential inner circle. The names of Poroshenko and Tretyakov were mentioned once again, in addition to that of Mykola Martynenko, head of the pro-presidential parliamentary caucus. Zinchenko also charged that the inner circle, including Poroshenko and Tretyakov, "monopolized" access to the president and restricted the number of those who could see or talk with Yushchenko.
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http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2005/09/6a1f05f3-b411-4d0d-8d44-eab8ef3eb63f.html



Yushchenko and someone

[non sociopath skin]

1. Okay, guys, thanks for camping out in the cold for us all those nights ...

... now piss off, wouldya, we have Dirty Politics to do...

'Twas ever thus! (sigh)

The Skin

[TheLastMohican]

2. U$henko, the US lackey

U$henko, the US lackey, is going down. Fast. Ah well that's a part of job description of any dictator covered up in nice shiny bullshit words like "democrasy and freedom".
Better take that US Department wife Kathrine and run for your life to mother-in-law into Penny state.