Tema destacado del Jueves, 27. Septiembre 2007

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Ukraine in the run-up to the elections

Ukrainians will elect a new parliament this coming Sunday. The early elections are the result of a month-long power struggle between President Viktor Yushchenko and Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovich. The election campaign, on the other hand, has been surprisingly peaceful.

Financial Times - Gran Bretaña

"Ukraine's political life is in far better shape than seemed possible before the Orange revolution", considers the daily. "The elections will doubtless be hit by localised claims of ballot-rigging, but the days of nationwide fraud are gone; the media are largely free; and there is real political competition among the parties. The economy is distorted by gross inequality but it is growing at its fastest-ever pace. Ordinary Ukrainians may still not have much, but they have more than at any time since independence. ... Voters must put pressure on party leaders to ensure the country pursues EU membership with as much determination as possible. The country's leaders must implement accession-linked policies - and seek support from businessmen at a politically acceptable price." (25/09/2007)

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Hospodářské noviny - La República Checa

The Ukrainians have become weary of politics, Ondrej Soukup writes. After witnessing an election rally held by the former icon of the opposition movement Yulia Tymoshenko, he draws bitter conclusions about the time since the Orange Revolution in 2004. "This time, too, several thousand people attended the rally. But the enthusiasm is gone. The former head of government is as rhetorically gifted as ever, but the magic of those days when she hypnotised hundreds of thousands of people has faded. Words alone are not enough nowadays, especially as everyone present still has vivid memories of the scandals during Tymoshenko's brief term in office - for instance the lucrative privatisations financed by party funding. Back then it became clear that the orange politicians' concept of democracy differed from that of the majority of their voters. They mainly took care of their own interests." (24/09/2007)

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Gazeta Wyborcza - Polonia

Wacław Radziwinowicz criticises the Socialist Party led by former parliamentary speaker Alexander Moros. The party backed the Orange Revolution in 2004 but has now switched to the other side. "The Socialists are doing everything they can to escape punishment for betraying their comrades at Independence Square... But the truth is that Moros and his cronies are in such a panic because they know that after the elections they will disappear into a political void. Recent polls show they will win only 1.5 percent of the vote - half of the three percent they need to get into parliament... So all they can do now is try to destabilise the country. Although Moros is taking part in the election campaign, he refuses to recognise the president's dissolution of the parliament and acts as if he were still parliamentary speaker." (27/09/2007)

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Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung - Alemania

Konrad Schuller finds it surprising that so far the election campaign has gone without incident. He notes that Viktor Yanukovych and his "Party of Regions" have refrained from sabotaging the campaign and even sought reconciliation with the pro-Western President Viktor Yushchenko. "Whether the current ceasefire will continue after the elections will depend on whether the Western camp surrounding Yushchenko manages to satisfy the pro-Eastern oligarchy's desire for security for its dubiously amassed fortunes without surrendering to the late-Soviet power reflexes still strong within the 'Party of Regions'. This attempt may fail because the vote-riggers and warmongers in Yanukovych's camp still wield considerable influence. Nonetheless, the calm of the past months has at least shown that the attempt is not necessarily doomed to failure." (27/09/2007)

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