Posted on 07/10/2006 10:40:00 AM PDT by Tailgunner Joe
KIEV, July 10 (RIA Novosti) - A charismatic leader of Ukraine's "orange" revolution said Monday that her party would go into radical opposition against what she sees an illegitimate coalition majority in the country's parliament.
"People have not voted for such a coalition, so it has no political legitimacy," said Yulia Tymoshenko, the head of an eponymous bloc.
The coalition was hammered out last week as the Socialist Party defected from an "orange" alliance with the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc and the pro-presidential Our Ukraine party to join a leftist camp. The withdrawal was prompted by the surprise election of Socialist leader Oleksandr Moroz as parliament speaker, a position originally promised to a member of Yushchenko's party.
Tymoshenko, an ally of President Viktor Yushchenko in the 2004 opposition protests that swept a pro-Western government into power, called the Socialists' newly formed coalition with the pro-Russian Party of Regions and the Communists a mafia.
She said Ukrainian society would never give it the go-ahead to form a government, as "this actually means driving Ukraine several centuries backwards and returning to precisely what we fought against during our revolution."
The former premier called for an early legislative election: "I am certain there is a need for new parliamentary polls. If the democratic forces prove not brave enough to halt what, in fact, is a coup d'etat, it will mean there are no worthwhile politicians in Ukraine," she said.
Tymoshenko said Ukraine had no future with the current coalition majority and that her party "will do everything it can to make that coalition unviable and bring about its demise."
OK, I'm confused. I thought Tymoshenko had patched up her differences with Yushchenko and the two of them were back in business together. Did he dump her party and get in bed with the ex-Communists, or are the two of them now in a minority in Parliament?
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"'People have not voted for such a coalition, so it has no political legitimacy,' said Yulia Tymoshenko, the head of an eponymous bloc."
"her party 'will do everything it can to make that coalition unviable and bring about its demise.'"
Now that's a courageous woman! Best wishes to her efforts.
Together, they have a minority.
I'm getting a unsettling notion that Yushchenko is not ready for prime time. I hope I'm wrong, because there is a lot riding on his success. I like the Ukraine as a buffer between a revanchist Russia, licking her wounds and wanting the near and abroad back in the clutches of the her paws. I hope that the buffer is not penetrated by the bear.
Profile of Tymoshenko is here:
http://www.jerseygop.com/RepublicanBabes80.html
Yummy.
Tymoshenko and Yuschenko have patched it up. The problem is with their now ex-allies, the Socialists who have about 5% in the parliament. The Socialists last week in a shocking development moved from the Orange camp and joined Regions and Communists.
Chick in Kiev
Ukraine seems to be doomed cause Tymoshenko appears to be the most reliable “pro-western” force. Yushchenko is also highly responsible for lack of orange coalition.
Yanukovych is a CLOWN! He does not have a chance.
http://5tv.com.ua/eng/video/143/10/2/
Yes, I have seen this parody and even posted on FR video link some time ago. He deserve to by egged once again :)
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