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Global Post: Ukraine elections could spawn chaos
Today at 08:23 | Interfax-Ukraine
The presidential election in Ukraine may in fact deliver not a clear-cut winner, but instead more political confusion, the U.S. online-based international news agency Global Post has reported.
"The elections may in fact deliver not a clear-cut mandate, but instead more confusion," reads an article posted on the Web site of Global Post.
The prospect of a protracted political struggle could not come at a worse time, the agency said.
"Ukraine's economy contracted by more than 15 percent last year, the government is having trouble paying its bills as its financial resources are dwindling rapidly and the National Bank is in danger of defaulting on hundreds of millions of dollars in short-term bonds. Meanwhile Ukraine's credibility in Western capitals is at an all-time low, and relations with foreign institutions like the International Monetary Fund, which loaned Kiev some $16 billion last year, are strained," reads the article.
Already presidential candidates are warning of vote rigging and social disruptions by their competitors, "indicating that the post-election period could be turbulent."
Global Post said that it may turn out that when people are given a choice between the two most popular politicians - Viktor Yanukovych and Yulia Tymoshenko, Yanukovych may be even more unpopular than his opponent.
"But even if one person wins without being challenged post-election, the political volatility may continue. Many observers anticipate that Tymoshenko would introduce a more centralized, controlling regime, which would crack down on oligarchs and make changes to the constitution. This will produce tensions and a backlash, analysts say, but in the end it may produce a stable political system. If Yanukovych is victorious - even though he is the candidate that seems the least reform-oriented - he will still have to deal with a parliament dominated by Tymoshenko's political bloc," the article says.
Global Post: Ukraine elections could spawn chaos
Today at 08:23 | Interfax-Ukraine
The presidential election in Ukraine may in fact deliver not a clear-cut winner, but instead more political confusion, the U.S. online-based international news agency Global Post has reported.
"The elections may in fact deliver not a clear-cut mandate, but instead more confusion," reads an article posted on the Web site of Global Post.
The prospect of a protracted political struggle could not come at a worse time, the agency said.
"Ukraine's economy contracted by more than 15 percent last year, the government is having trouble paying its bills as its financial resources are dwindling rapidly and the National Bank is in danger of defaulting on hundreds of millions of dollars in short-term bonds. Meanwhile Ukraine's credibility in Western capitals is at an all-time low, and relations with foreign institutions like the International Monetary Fund, which loaned Kiev some $16 billion last year, are strained," reads the article.
Already presidential candidates are warning of vote rigging and social disruptions by their competitors, "indicating that the post-election period could be turbulent."
Global Post said that it may turn out that when people are given a choice between the two most popular politicians - Viktor Yanukovych and Yulia Tymoshenko, Yanukovych may be even more unpopular than his opponent.
"But even if one person wins without being challenged post-election, the political volatility may continue. Many observers anticipate that Tymoshenko would introduce a more centralized, controlling regime, which would crack down on oligarchs and make changes to the constitution. This will produce tensions and a backlash, analysts say, but in the end it may produce a stable political system. If Yanukovych is victorious - even though he is the candidate that seems the least reform-oriented - he will still have to deal with a parliament dominated by Tymoshenko's political bloc," the article says.
