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huuhh
May 2001
time: 06:18
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"Don't leave Independence Square until victory" - Viktor Yushchenko
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Ukraine gripped by poll turmoil
Tens of thousands of Ukrainians have thronged major cities, protesting at an election result they consider flawed.
Opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko told supporters to stage a civil disobedience campaign.
The cities of Kiev and Lviv refused to recognise the official victory for Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych.
While Russia accepted the result, a US observer alleged "concerted and forceful" fraud, and the EU called on Ukraine to review Sunday's election.
"We are very concerned about the news we have had about the outcome," said Dutch Foreign Minister Bernard Bot, representing the EU.
He said all 25 EU member states would be calling in Ukrainian ambassadors "to convey our message of serious concern".
Moscow, which backed Prime Minister Yanukovych, recognised the election result.
"I have congratulated Viktor Yanukovych for his victory," said President Vladimir Putin's personal envoy, Boris Gryzlov.
Observers for the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) said Sunday's run-off vote fell far short of European democratic norms.
Mr Yushchenko, seen as the pro-Western candidate, told thousands of people who braved sub-zero temperatures in the capital, Kiev, not to leave the rally "until victory".
"We are launching an organised movement of civil resistance," he said, denouncing what he called the "total falsification" of the vote which followed days of acrimonious wrangling over the results of the first round.
'Media bias'
Kiev city council refused to recognise the results, and urged parliament to follow suit.
Thousands of people turned onto the streets in the western city of Lviv, where the city council said it would only take orders from Mr Yushchenko.
The central electoral commission said with more than 99% of the vote counted, Mr Yanukovych had 49.4% while Mr Yushchenko had 46.7%.
But the opposition says it has recorded many thousands of irregularities - including very high turnouts in government strongholds.
Mr Yanukovych was backed by incumbent President Leonid Kuchma.
Exit polls earlier suggested that Mr Yushchenko had been on course for victory with a lead of at least six percentage points.
"The second round did not meet a considerable number of [international] commitments for democratic elections," said Bruce George, head of the OSCE mission in Kiev.
The OSCE also reported serious irregularities in the first round.
"The abuse of state resources in favour of the prime minister continued, as well as an overwhelming media bias in his favour," Mr George said.
The group said Sunday's violations also included intimidation of observers and voters.
The authorities are investigating the killing of a policeman who was guarding ballot papers in a village in central Ukraine. The motive for the killing is not known.
Mr Yushchenko's supporters say they do not believe the official turnout figure of 96% in eastern Ukraine.
"I believe in my victory but the government... has staged total fraud in the elections in the [eastern] Donetsk and Lugansk regions," Mr Yushchenko said.
Kiev was on high alert, with extra police and soldiers on the streets, and riot vehicles outside the central electoral commission.
During the campaign, Mr Yushchenko, prime minister between 1999 and 2001, claimed to have been the victim of intimidation and dirty tricks, including an alleged poisoning attempt.
His critics portray him as an American puppet who will do anything to gain power, including inciting civil unrest. |
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4031981.stm
Yushchenko was leading in the polls before the election, but now he seems to have lost. 96% turnout in the east - which is Yanukovych-land... Smells kinda fishy.
I hope things won't get too ugly.
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Gangerolf
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huuhh
May 2001
time: 06:18
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KYIV, 22 November 2004 - The second round of the presidential election in Ukraine on 21 November did not meet a considerable number of OSCE commitments, Council of Europe and other European standards for democratic elections. As in the first round, state executive authorities and the Central Election Commission displayed a lack of will to conduct a genuine democratic election process, concluded the International Election Observation Mission in a preliminary statement released today.
Between the two rounds, the Mission reported cases of public sector employees and students being pressured to support the current Prime Minister, Mr. Viktor Yanukovich. Nevertheless, a vibrant civil society demonstrated once again a high level of interest and engagement. Despite serious shortcomings in the process the second round of the election offered voters a choice, although campaign conditions were not equal.
"With an even heavier heart than three weeks ago, I have to repeat the message from the first round; this election did not meet a considerable number of international standards for democratic elections," said Mr. Bruce George, President emeritus of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly and the Special Co-ordinator for the short-term observers. "The deficiencies have not been addressed. The abuse of state resources in favor of the Prime Minister continued, as well as an overwhelming media bias in his favor." |
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"The figures and reports about the unjustified increase in the use of absentee voter certificates and the even higher increase of mobile voting, cast a shadow over the genuineness of the results," said Mr. Lucio Malan, Head of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly delegation. "Moreover the turnout in some territorial election commissions in Donetsk, exceeding 98.5 per cent, and increasing by 21 per cent after the first round, are unrealistic and highly suspicious." |
http://www.osce.org/news/show_news.php?id=4547
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Serb
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Siberia, Communist party of Apolyton
Nov 2001
time: 11:18
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Originally posted by Oerdin
What stunning arguments you have Serb. |
I have a stunning argument for you- Yanukovich won this election with 3% lead.
Game over.
You lose.
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22-11-2004 23:02
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at the same time opposition see nothing wrong with victory of Yushenko with lead 92% in Liviv, and 93,5% in Ivano-Francovsk and Ternopol regions. They see nothing wrong in such a lead of their candidate in the west, but protest against 96% turnout in the east 
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