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The events following the parliamentary elections in Ukraine are a convincing demonstration to the democratic world that the Ukrainian people reject the direction taken by many states of the former Soviet Union, where authoritarian or semi-authoritarian regimes have imposed themselves. The Ukrainian people reject the Belarussian model, which is a source of shame for Europe, and also the variant of democracy that is subservient to the President of Russia.
Whatever the outcome of the electoral crisis may be, Ukraine will never be the same again. The demand by a wide section of society for its rights is mobilising society to take action not only in respect of the stolen election results, but also against corruption and oligarchical capitalism, and is forging a clear understanding of the choice for a democratic future for Ukraine.
Following an invitation from the Ukrainian Parliament, I was able to follow the course of the Ukrainian presidential elections in person. I unequivocally agree with the conclusion reached by the international observers that the elections were fraudulent. The ruling politico-economic elite is preventing the Ukrainian people from democratically electing their president. The disinformation about the opposition candidate that poured out of the government-controlled mass media chimed exactly with the assessments broadcast by the mass media under the control of the President of Russia. In the eastern part of Ukraine, it was precisely the Russian media that played a decisive role in turning society there against the opposition.
Russia has invested considerable resources into the campaign of the Ukrainian Government’s candidate. This included the direct intervention of the President of Russia himself. This clearly shows Russia’s fear that its policy in the region is under threat. The victory of democracy in Ukraine would threaten the Russian-sponsored stability in Belarus and the amnesia regarding Moldova. The victory of democracy in Ukraine would mobilise democratic forces in Russia itself.
Ukrainian society has come to the defence of its decision. Now it is the turn of the democratic world – the European Union first of all. The European Union must make it clearly understood that those who fail to observe democratic principles and fail to abide by the law cannot be partners of the European Union. The same restrictions must apply to them as have been introduced against Belarus.
Ukraine is a European country, and the people on the streets of Ukraine have proved that an absolute majority of them have chosen democracy and the rule of law. Those are concepts that unite the Member States of the European Union.
Ukraine has become a focus of world attention. It must become a focus of the European Union’s attention. Ukraine must be given the opportunity of joining the European Union. Starting to open up such an opportunity would be an enormously stabilising influence on the democratic process in Ukraine.
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