First a photo only from the February 25th edition of my printed Boston Glob:
DEFIANCE IN UKRAINE -- Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko is refusing to step down from her post, challenging allies of rival Viktor Yanukovych yesterday to oust her in a no-confidence vote. Yanukovych will be sworn in as president today, having defeated Tymoshenko in a Feb. 7 election runoff. Yanukovych's party said he would never be able to work in tandem with Tymoshenko and would seek to replace her by spring.
Nice orange dress the queen is wearing in that one.
And if you noted the link, this is ALL ABOUT HER saving HER POSITION! It is NOT ABOUT SERVING the VOTERS or the COUNTRY!
"Half-empty chamber greets Ukraine’s new leader" by Yuras Karmanau, Associated Press | February 26, 2010
KIEV - The new president, Viktor Yanukovych, vowed yesterday to create “a European state outside of any bloc,’’ but the crippling lack of consensus in his government was clear in the half-empty hall during his inaugural address.
His short, unemotional speech showed a determination to save the economy and preserve ties with the West forged by the outgoing leadership. But his more specific pledges have suggested a turn back toward Russia in energy policy and military cooperation, policies that threaten to further polarize the nation....
I see it, don't you?
CUI BONO?
Since his victory in a Feb. 7 runoff vote, Yanukovych’s Party of Regions has struggled to form a new coalition that could pass urgent reforms and oust Tymoshenko, his political nemesis.
Give them a bit more time.
This has proved to be a losing fight so far. Having defeated her by only 3.5 percentage points in the presidential contest, Yanukovych enters office with a shaky mandate. He also inherits an economy crippled by the global financial crisis and a nation whose political loyalties are deeply divided.
He has broad support in the Russian-speaking east of the country, but in the Ukrainian-speaking west, he lost in virtually every region to Tymoshenko.
Maybe they should go their own separate ways then.
But the new president, once considered a Kremlin lackey, promised to carve a unique geopolitical path for Ukraine and pull its economy back from the brink.
And who wouldn't want that, huh?
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I mean, moving closer to Russia isn't a problem, is it?
Oh, he took her up on the challenge:
KIEV - Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko’s pro-Western Orange coalition dissolved yesterday as her former allies turned against her, setting her up to be ousted in a no-confidence vote.
The development spells the final repudiation of the Orange Revolution Tymoshenko helped lead in 2004, and paves the way for Ukraine’s new Kremlin-friendly president to consolidate his power.
President Viktor Yanukovych defeated Tymoshenko in last month’s election, but she has been a thorn in his side, refusing to resign and challenging the vote results.
In a sign that she will be removed, Speaker Volodymyr Lytvyn told Parliament yesterday that the Orange coalition had been unable to prove it still had majority support in the 450-seat chamber.
Don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out, lassie!!!
“This coalition did not come up with enough votes . . . I therefore announce the termination of this coalition’s activity,’’ Lytvyn said.
Russia’s new ambassador arrived in Kiev to congratulate Yanukovych on what now appears to be total victory.
Ukraine’s political parties must now form a new majority coalition and are most likely to group around Yanukovych’s Party of Regions. Yanukovych said that if no majority can be reached, he will disband Parliament and call elections.
Tymoshenko lashed out at Lytvyn, who is also a leader of the Orange forces in Parliament, for “illegally ruining the democratic coalition’’ and paving the way for Yanukovych’s “anti-Ukrainian dictatorship.’’
“This was the last barricade worth defending if we wanted to protect our independence, sovereignty, strength, and the European development of our country,’’ Tymoshenko said in a televised speech. “History will hold him responsible.’’
Tymoshenko laid out no plan of action. She said only that she would seek to unite Ukraine’s “truly democratic and patriotic forces.’’
Did you hear something, readers? A little buzzing like an insect?
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“The dissolution of the coalition makes Tymoshenko’s ouster inevitable,’’ said Viktor Nebozhenko, a political analyst in Kiev. “The Orange forces have been defeated on every front.’’
That is usually what happens to U.S.-sponsored and supported uprisings and coups.
You would think we would learn, but nooooooooooooooo!!!
The Orange coalition, formed in December 2008, was loosely centered on the political ideals of the Orange Revolution, a series of massive street protests in 2004 led by former president Viktor Yushchenko and Tymoshenko.
Those protests against vote fraud resulted in the Supreme Court overturning Yanukovych’s election victory in 2004. Yushchenko, a reformer who wanted closer integration with the West, won a revote. Tymoshenko became his prime minister.
But their constant bickering and inability to deliver on promises of European integration and economic growth fueled Yanukovych’s comeback....
In other words, the AmeriKan model.
Yushchenko, whose mysterious poisoning in 2004 made him a martyr for the Orange cause, appears now to have tacked with Ukraine’s shifting political winds. Members of his party, Our Ukraine, are expected to join the coalition forming around Yanukovych....
Isn't that classic!!!?
Our guy sells out and joins the same guy that frauded him in 2004 after turning on the queen and cutting her loose!
HA!!
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Any last words?
"Ouster sets stage for new Ukraine coalition" by Associated Press | March 4, 2010
KIEV - Parliament ousted Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko in a no-confidence motion yesterday that could end a political deadlock that has forced Ukraine to cope with an economic crisis without a budget.
Parliament now has 30 days to form a new governing coalition and it is expected to coalesce around newly elected President Viktor Yanukovych’s Party of Regions. It would then be able to put forward a new prime minister.
In her last minutes as premier, Tymoshenko, who lost last month’s presidential election, vowed to lead the opposition to Russia-friendly Yanukovych and continue the pro-Western stance she knows well from helping lead the Orange Revolution protests that had brought her to power.
What, do you have to put a stake through her heart or some... wait, that's vampires.
Water, we need WATER!!!
But Yanukovych appears to have sufficient support in parliament to end the political gridlock and that has plagued Ukraine’s 47 million people for years....
Since 2005, Tymoshenko’s feuds with former President Viktor Yushchenko and Yanukonyvch have stalled decision-making as the global financial crisis struck Ukraine harder than other European nations.
That's what happens when you throw your lot in with the globalist crowd.
If no new coalition is formed, Yanukovych will be able to disband parliament and call early elections. But Speaker Volodymyr Lytvyn’s party signaled that Yanukovych’s party has enough support to avoid snap elections.
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