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The Ukrainian Weekly 2006, No.15 www.ukrweekly.com INSIDE:• More on the results of Ukraine’s elections — page 3. • “An unidentified guest” and our family collections — page 7. • Special pullout: Ukrainian Debutante Balls — pages 13-16. Published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal non-profit association Vol. LXXIV HE KRAINIANNo. 15 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 9, 2006 EEKLY$1/$2 in Ukraine Tymoshenko and Moroz say Our Ukraine VerkhovnaT RadaU rejects calls W for complete recount of elections is backing out of forming Orange coalition by Zenon Zawada the whole system and how it subjugated by Zenon Zawada Ms. Tymoshenko added. Kyiv Press Bureau it today,” Mr. Symonenko said. Kyiv Press Bureau “I absolutely know that these boys, Outside the Parliament, more than 300 who did a lot toward ruining the hopes of KYIV – Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada on protesters from all over Ukraine waved KYIV – Orange Revolution leaders the Orange Revolution, would rather eat April 4 rejected a recount of the parlia- the flags of losing political parties and Yulia Tymoshenko and Oleksander their hands than sign a memorandum in mentary elections, ignoring protests from voiced their complaints over what they Moroz accused Our Ukraine’s leadership which our political force has the right to politicians and their supporters who viewed as fraudulent elections. of trying to back out of forming an form the government,” Ms. Tymoshenko alleged that millions of ballots weren’t Leading the protests were Inna Orange coalition in the newly elected said. counted properly and that the elections Bohoslovska, leader of the Viche Party, Verkhovna Rada. Our Ukraine will not discuss distribut- were once again intentionally falsified. and Volodymyr Marchenko, a leader of Their accusations came after Prime ing positions until it has worked out the None of the winning blocs and parties Natalia Vitrenko’s People’s Opposition Minister Yurii Yekhanurov and Our coalition’s by-laws, Mr. Bezsmertnyi supported the recount, with the exception Bloc. Ukraine Election Campaign Chief said. of the Communist Party of Ukraine. “The Orangists promised democracy Roman Bezsmertnyi met with the two Much to Mr. Moroz’s concern, the Verkhovna Rada Chairman Volodymyr and honest elections, but everyone under- leaders at the start of the week, present- proposal also doesn’t rule out attempts to Lytvyn, who spent more than $6.5 mil- stands there were no honest elections!” ing them with a proposal. cancel the constitutional reforms that lion on an advertising campaign for his shouted Mr. Marchenko, whose bloc had The conditions didn’t satisfy Mr. went into effect January 1, which shifted self-named political bloc that won only 2.93 percent of the vote, coming closest Moroz and Ms. Tymoshenko, who held a the balance of power from the presidency 2.4 percent of votes, said the elections of those who failed to make it to the 3 joint press conference on April 6, accus- to the prime ministership. were fair but the vote count was falsified percent barrier ing Our Ukraine’s leaders of trying to President Viktor Yushchenko had ear- through the use of new technologies. Valentyna Klusenko, 59, an election buy time as they negotiated with the “The world’s practices truly don’t lier pledged not to attempt to cancel the observer who arrived from Zhytomyr to Party of the Regions. constitutional reforms. perform recounts, but the world’s prac- join the protests, said she’s convinced “It’s absolutely incomprehensible why tices don’t know Ukrainian practices,” Ukraine’s Orange electorate is becom- results were inflated and falsified. While today, exactly the 10th day after elections ing jittery at the prospect of an Our Mr.Lytvyn said. His comment drew observing the vote count, she noticed the were held, not a single real step has been applause in the Rada. Ukraine-Party of the Regions coalition. ballots weren’t being separated into piles, made toward a coalition,” Ms. Following Mr. Moroz’s criticisms, Communist Party leader Petro as required by procedure. Then, a group Tymoshenko said. Symonenko alleged that election com- President Viktor Yushchenko said the of six commission members surrounded Our Ukraine’s proposal doesn’t distin- proposal presented to the leaders was mission members in the Kirovohrad the table “like a swarm of bees” and guish who gets which posts, including Oblast had stolen votes from his party merely “a beginning of discussions” and made a mess of the ballots. the prime ministership, a position that his bloc is trying to form an Orange and counted them toward the Yulia Afterward she wanted to verify the Ms. Tymoshenko said she must have if Tymoshenko Bloc. coalition. ballots but the commission members her bloc is willing to form a coalition. However, he then indicated that he’s “In every bag that is being opened denied her the chance. Later the commis- Most of Our Ukraine’s leadership is today between 50 and 100 votes were sion also denied her the opportunity to against her candidacy for prime minister, (Continued on page 11) taken from the Communists for the examine its protocol report and verify advantage of the Tymoshenko Bloc,” Mr. whether it reflected the number of ballots Symonenko said. counted, she said. Analysts say parliamentary elections The Communist Party won the “I wanted to see transparent, honest Kirovohrad Oblast in the 2002 elections, elections which reflected the people’s but the Tymoshenko Bloc won it this will,” Ms. Klusenko said. “I didn’t see were a ‘victory for the Orange Revolution’ year. that at my polling station.” “I believe that we, today, should seri- by Matthew Dubas stance. ously discuss how capital has corrupted (Continued on page 12) Mr. Karatnycky also provided a NEW YORK – The Orange Circle, a brief synopsis of the election results coalition to further economic advance- and introductions of the guest speak- ment and democracy in Ukraine, held a ers: Alexander Motyl, professor of post-election briefing titled “Ukraine’s political science at Rutgers University, 2006 Parliamentary Elections: and Elehie Natalie Skoczylas, vice- Implications for Business and the president and director of research at International Community” at the QEV Analytics. Ukrainian Institute of America on Ms. Skoczylas was first to speak, Wednesday, March 29. presenting the importance of the public Adrian Karatnycky, the president of opinion polls in regards to this elec- the Orange Circle, called the parlia- tion. She commented on the impor- mentary elections a “victory for the tance of exit polls and their rising pop- Orange Revolution,” citing the clear ularity, citing four polls funded by vari- majority of votes received by Orange ous embassies and national associa- Revolution-affiliated parties. tions, in these elections. Ms. Skoczylas Mr. Karatnycky’s observations and said that 30 percent of the population remarks centered on the Orange unity make their decision in the three weeks in the recent elections. Two possible prior to the election and noted that, coalition scenarios were described, one during this time, public opinion polls between Our Ukraine and the Party of are not allowed to be conducted in the Regions, and the other, a more like- Ukraine. Ms. Skoczylas also comment- ly one, uniting Our Ukraine and the ed on the effectiveness of Ms. Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc. The latter sce- Tymoshenko’s campaign, with her use nario was described as having a liberal of town meetings to boost public opin- economic policy, providing a business- ion, her antipathy toward Viktor Zenon Zawada friendly environment and likely to Viche Party leader Inna Bohoslovska leads an April 4 demonstration outside the sway extremists to a more centrist (Continued on page 17) Verkhovna Rada demanding a recount of the parliamentary elections. 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 9, 2006 No. 15 ANALYSIS NEWSBRIEFSNEWSBRIEFS Is there a gas war brewing Rada has 61 percent new members qualifying for parliamentary representation – including Volodymyr Lytvyn’s People’s between Russia and Belarus? KYIV – As a result of the March 26 elec- Bloc, the Yurii Karmazin Bloc, the Viche tions, the new Verkhovna Rada has 61 per- Party, the People’s Democratic Party and by Roman Kupchinsky Meeting with Belarusian President cent new members, according to the chair- the Natalia Vitrenko People’s Opposition RFE/RL Newsline Alyaksandr Lukashenka in Sochi on man of the experts’ council of the Institute of Bloc – held a picket in front of the parlia- December 15, 2005, Russian President Politics, Sergey Makeyev. The number of mentary building, demanding a recount. At a meeting with Belarusian officials Vladimir Putin backed Mr. Lukashenka women will grow by 3 percent, as compared (RFE/RL Newsline) on March 30, Aleksei Miller, the CEO of in the forthcoming presidential election. with the present composition and will reach Russia’s state gas monopoly, Gazprom, Mr. Putin was optimistic about ties with 8 percent of the total of 450 deputies. Forty- No recount of March 26 vote announced that in 2007 Belarus will be Belarus. nine percent of the Rada’s members will be KYIV – There will be no total vote charged European rates for Russian gas. But the spirit of bonhomie wasn’t in people over age 50, though there will be recount of the March 26 elections to the That could mean the country paying up existence on March 30 when Mr. Miller four 25-year old deputies (one of them Verkhovna Rada and local councils, as to five times as much – something that met with Belarusian Energy Minister Viktor Yanukovych Jr.). The oldest deputy, none of four bills submitted on the could seriously affect the Belarusian Alyaksandr Ageyev and Dimitry Gen. Ivan Gerasimov, 85, will represent the Parliament’s agenda were supported by the economy, which has long depended on Kazakov, the head of Beltranshaz, the Communist Party of Ukraine.
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