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The Ukrainian Weekly 1995 INSIDE: • Yeltsin and Kuchma to meet in Sochi on June 9 — page 2. • Vyacheslav Chornovil returns to journalism — page 3. • More on Clintons state visit to Kyyiv —pages 9-11. c^ / THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY Published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal non-profit association Vol. LXIII No. 23 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 4, 1995 75 cents/$2 in Ukraine 55 Ukrainians Parliament vetoes plebiscite decreed by Kuchma by Marta Kolomayets ing the Statehood faction in Parliament. Kuchma just who is in charge, the held hostage Kyyiv Press Bureau But the lawmaker acknowledged that the Parliament, which is still dominated by step by the Ukrainian leader was trig­ left-wing forces, passed a resolution on KYYIV - In the latest chapter of the gered by the Parliament itself. June 1 that not only bans conducting the by Bosnian Serbs struggle among branches of power, the Almost six months have passed since poll, but also forbids the central and Ukrainian Parliament dealt President by Marta Kolomayets President Kuchma delivered his draft of local governments from financing any Leonid Kuchma a major political blow Kyyiv Press Bureau the "Law on State Power and Local Self- such poll in 1995. on Thursday evening, June 1, as it voted Government," and although it has been After a full day of discussion, the res­ KYXIV - Ukraine may consider to veto a national plebiscite ordered by debated at length by the legislature and olution was passed by a vote of 252-9 pulling its peacekeeping forces out of the the Ukrainian leader just one day earlier. was adopted on May 18, it has not yet (329 deputies were present in the hall). It former Yugoslavia, said a foreign min­ Even the president's supporters in the been implemented because some major asks that the Ukrainian leader propose a istry spokesman on May 30, after receiv­ 405-member Supreme Council of clauses contradict the existing Ukrainian new constitutional agreement, which ing reports that 55 Ukrainians are now Ukraine voiced their opposition to Mr. Constitution. would delineate powers between the leg­ being held hostage by Bosnian Serb Kuchma's initiative, saying that it is Over the past week, 140 deputies, rep­ islative and executive branches. (The troops. unconstitutional for the Ukrainian leader resenting such factions as Reforms, contents of this official document have Volodymyr Yelchenko, the deputy to initiate a plebiscite, even if it carries Center, Unity, Statehood, the Agrarians, not been disclosed.) no legal consequences. head of the department of international Rukh, the Independents (a new faction) On Wednesday evening, May 31, organizations at the Ukrainian Foreign "The president has the right to conduct and Interregional Group of Deputies, President Kuchma had addressed the Ministry, told reporters that "if events a sociological survey, which does not have agreed to sign a constitutional Ukrainian people on national television, continue to develop in this direction, have any legal weight," said Volodymyr agreement between the president and the announcing that he would hold a poll ask­ then we may withdraw our troops." Stretovych, the chairman of the parlia­ Parliament in support of the powers bill, ing one simple question: "Do you have "But this decision should be made by mentary Committee on Legal Policy and which is to serve as a petit Constitution the Ukrainian Parliament," he said. Court Procedure. "But that is all," he until a new Constitution of Ukraine is (Continued on page 19) President Leonid Kuchma told jour­ added. adopted. nalists during a news conference on May The national poll, which was to be However, 203 deputies (half of the 29 that he will appeal to United Nations held on June 28 in order to seek a vote of Parliament plus one) are needed to sign Secretary General Boutros Boutros-Ghali confidence from the people for the such an agreement if it is to take effect. Crimea cancels to "undertake all possible measures to Ukrainian president, was overwhelming­ Constitutional law experts underscore, aid the U.N. peacekeeping personnel" ly canceled by the Parliament, which has however, that the idea of a constitutional vote on autonomy and to use his authority to obtain "the been involved in a power struggle with agreement is not even discussed in Mr. Kuchma since late last year. immediate release of all the captured Ukrainian legislation, and 300, or two- by Marta Kolomayets "This is one of the most senseless peacemakers, including the Ukrainian thirds of the 450-seat Parliament, must Kyyiv Press Bureau soldiers." decrees issued by President Kuchma, adopt the law on power if it is to serve as In the letter, President Kuchma leading us to a deadlocked situation," a petit Constitution, KYYIV - Bowing to pressure from expressed his conviction that "despite all said Volodymyr Yavorivsky, represent­ In an attempt to show President the Parliament of Ukraine, the Crimean the complications experienced by the Parliament voted on May 31 to cancel a U.N. mission on the territory of the for­ referendum concerning the peninsula's mer Yugoslavia, the U.N. and the world Jewish group recognizes Ukrainian "Righteous" autonomy. community as a whole have not yet The resolution was passed by 52 exhausted their diplomatic potential." by Roman Woronowycz Jewish community activists also were deputies of the 98-member Crimean honored at the May 24 affair, but the Parliament, which also instructed a par­ "It is obvious that at this point, the NEW YORK — It was a night "Righteous" were the center of attention. liamentary committee to continue its Yugoslavian conflict may reach a con­ filled with thank-yous and remem­ work on a new Crimean Constitution, clusion only by way of peaceful negotia­ brances, and plenty of tears as the J. Morton Davis, the dinner chairman, aligned with the Constitution of Ukraine. tions," said the letter. Jewish Foundation for Christian explained, "We gather here to focus atten­ Only 54 deputies participated in the vote. Mr. Yelchenko added that "in princi­ Rescuers honored those who saved tion on those we call 'Righteous,' ordi­ ple, Ukraine is against withdrawing Jews during the Holocaust of World nary people who did extraordinary deeds, The decision came after more than troops from Bosnia, because it may War II at its annual dinner sponsored two months of strained relations between result in even greater uncontrollability of by the Anti-Defamation League. (Continued on page 17) Kyyiv and Symferopil, as the central the situation." government tried to curb Crimean The foreign ministry reported that the authorities' attempts for greater autono­ Ukrainian peacekeepers who have been my and closer ties to Moscow. captured are divided into groups of 3-4 But, it did not come as a surprise to people and used as human shields at Parliamentary Speaker Sergei Tsekov, NATO air raid targets. According to a who sent a parliamentary delegation to source at the Ukrainian Embassy in Kyyiv on May 23, just two days before Croatia, five Ukrainian hostages are in the Ukrainian Supreme Council voted to the town of Kopachich, not far from cancel the referendum on the 1992 Gorazde. Crimean Constitution. Of the 55 peacekeepers, six are offi­ "The Supreme Council decision on cers, three are warrant officers and 46 the Crimea was not exactly what we had are soldiers. proposed to the Ukrainian Parliament, On May 27, Ukraine's Foreign but it represents certain progress," he Minister Hennadiy Udovenko had sent a said. letter to Secretary General Boutros-Ghali "We want all the problems in our rela­ asking him to use his influence to obtain tionship to be settled legally," said Mr. the immediate release of the captured Tsekov. "And neither Ukraine nor the United Nations peacekeepers, reported Crimea can be satisfied with the relations Respublika. He underscored the need for that have developed between us." I Roman Woronowycz an increased dialogue along diplomatic Despite the fact that no concessions lines to resolve the crisis in the former Jewish Foundation for Christian Rescuers Executive Vice-President Robert were made to the Crimean Parliament by Yugoslavia. Goldman hands plaque to (from left) Vira Balyk-Vertepna and her mother, the Kyyiv deputies, Mr. Tsekov interpreted Lutsia. Looking on is Bronia Felberbaum-Kagan, a person they saved. (Continued on page 2) (Continued on page 19) THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 4, 1995 No. 23 Yeltsin and Kuchma schedule meeting in Sochi for June 9 Russian minister criticizes Serbs, NATO European community. The threats to these by Marta Kolomayets territory. goals are listed as interference in the coun­ Kyyiv Press Bureau Relations between Ukraine and Russia MOSCOW — Russian Foreign Minister try's internal affairs, territorial claims, grew even chillier on May 26, during a Andrei Kozyrev denounced the Serbian KYYIV - The presidents of Ukraine instability and conflicts in neighboring Commonwealth of Independent States hostage-taking as "barbarism" but also criti­ and the Russian Federation have agreed states, separatism and violations of the con­ summit in Minsk. At the one-day meet­ cized NATO's bombing of Bosnian Serb stitutional system. (OMRI Daily Digest) to meet at the Russian resort town of ing of 12 former republics of the Soviet positions and called for a lifting of sanctions Sochi on June 9 to discuss the future of Union, President Yeltsin criticized against Belgrade. Before he met with the Chornobyl shut-down closer to reality the Black Sea Fleet, a major stumbling Ukraine's refusal to sign agreements on five-nation contact group in the Hague, he block to progress in relations between closer political and military integration said removal of U.N. peacekeepers would KYYIV — A group of Western compa­ the two neighboring countries. within the CIS. be "counterproductive." After the meeting nies agreed to work on a plan to close down Russian leader Boris Yeltsin has said Meeting briefly with President he said that everyone had agreed to pursue a Chornobyl by the year 2000 and replace it in the past that he would not come to Kuchma in Minsk, Mr.
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