Thrown Bottle Reflects Political Crisis in Ukraine
10 de noviembre de 2015, 09:44Kyiv, Nov 10 (Prensa Latina) As in low-life bars, a bottle smashed on the head the deputy of the Supreme Rada (Ukrainian unicameral parliament) Alexandra Kuzhel, closing her debate with her colleague Andrei Teteruk in that forum.
The unorthodox outcome of the counterpoint between the member of the ‘Homeland’ faction and the deputy chief of the Popular Front bloc occurred on the eve of a meeting scheduled for today, where the fate of the visa-free regime of the European Union (EU) for Ukraine may be decided.
During the debate behind closed doors, the European Commission (EC) will assess whether Kyiv has made enough reforms and assimilated the democratic standards demanded by the 28, and then it will determine whether or not start preparing its decision in December on whether Kyiv satisfies the requirements that make their citizens worthy of access to the ‘promised land’.
With Kuzhel hospitalized, undergoing therapy with a diagnosis of “concussion”, the head of the ‘Homeland’ party, Yulia Tymoshenko warned that her group will not attend the Rada while Teteruk is not denied his immunity, and another draft resolution forcing him to resign is approved.
For his part, the Prime Minister and leader of the Popular Front, Arsenii Yatsenyuk, acknowledged that the aggression of his second in command against a woman lawmaker reflects the degree of tension that prevails in Ukrainian politics after the coup of February 22nd, 2014.
On a veiled call for a ‘clean slate’, the chief executive considered necessary to reduce the level of tension and conduct discussions dedicated exclusively to the adoption of laws on the liberalization of the visa regime for Ukrainian citizens.
Georgian president Mikhail Saakashvili, appointed head of the State Administration of Odesa, leveled other criticisms at Yatsenyuk during an interview with Belgian newspaper ‘Politician’, accusing the governor of creating a ‘casual cabinet’ on behalf of corporate interests.
However, the worst news in relation to the main promise of those who promoted and capitalized on the riots started in Maidan, and which led to the rupture of constitutional order in the country, came from the highest levels of the so-called Old Continent.
Kyiv will not obtain the visa-free regime with the 28 without the necessary reforms, said the head of the EC, Jean-Claude Juncker, in a letter to President Petro Poroshenko.
Juncker warned Poroshenko in his letter that Ukraine has pending a series of legal and human rights reforms, according to the the newspaper ‘Euractiv’.
The head of the EC adds that the progress in implementing reforms in the fight against corruption remains an unfulfilled key priority, particularly the rapid creation of independent bodies to combat this scourge.
For his part, the special advisor to the Secretary General of the EC for Human Rights, Christos Giakoumopoulos, said that if Ukrainian leaders do not investigate the deaths during the riots of Maidan and the arson of the House of Unions on May 2nd, 2014 in Odessa, the world will condemn them.
If Kyiv ignores the observations of the International Advisory Group of the EC on the death of nearly a hundred victims of snipers in Maidan, and around 50 murderd in Odessa, they will face a global condemnation, reiterated Giakoumopoulos.
The report of the EC advisory team released in last week says that Ukrainians do not believe in a justice that after a year and a half has been unable to investigate the tragic and shocking events of Maidan and Odessa.
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