Ukraine Supreme Court Rules to Set Aside Election Results

Ukraine Supreme Court via RadioLux ^ | December 3, 2004 | Ukraine Supreme Court

[Agog]

The Ukrainian Supreme Court has ruled for Yushchenko and against the fraudulent election results that had purported to name Yanukovich president. Within 3 weeks there must be new elections. No word whether second round only must be repeated.

[Semper Paratus]

Just keep Jimuh Carter out of the way.

[Tarpaulin]

Yippie! Score one for the good guys!

[Tarpaulin]

Ukraine High Court Calls for New Election

KIEV, Ukraine - Ukraine's Supreme Court on Friday invalidated the official results of the disputed presidential runoff election and ruled that a revote be held.

The court issued its verdict in response to an appeal by opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko, who asked to cancel results of the Nov. 21 runoff, which he said had been rigged in favor of Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych.

Yushchenko has pushed for a quick rerun of the runoff. He has rejected outgoing President Leonid Kuchma's call for a completely new election which was widely seen as a bid to field a new candidate more popular than Yanukovych.

[counterpunch]

In related news, Al Gore has applied for Ukrainian citizenship.

[greasepaint]

Gore must be pissed.

[KOZ.]

this is great news!

[Tribune7]

Good news

[unspun]

A good supreme court can come in very handy. ;-`

[rawhide]

'Just keep Jimuh Carter out of the way.'

Amen! Double Amem!!

[Truth666]

We have all seen the "proof" that Yuschenko presented : a video where no polling station could be recognised and the people that supposedely were being transported in buses to vote several times conveniently were hiding their faces ...
So this decision exposes the agenda behind the majority of the judges, since Yanukovich had the great idea to broadcast the Ukraine's Supreme court hearing final arguments live on TV (unprecedented in the world)

[Truth666]

Link :
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1293070/posts?page=1

[TexKat]

Ukrainian soldiers take shelter behind a military vehicle in the southern Iraqi city of Kut. Ukraine's parliament voted to demand the withdrawal of the 1,600 Ukrainian troops from Iraq.(AFP/File/Karim Sahib)

Ukraine parliament demands withdrawal of troops from Iraq

KIEV (AFP) - Ukraine's parliament voted to demand the withdrawal of the 1,600 Ukrainian troops from Iraq, in a move the opposition distanced itself from and denounced as a provocation by government forces.

"We don't think this is the right time to raise this issue," Irina Gerashchenko, the spokeswoman for pro-Western opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko, told AFP.

"We need to resolve the internal crisis in Ukraine," she said, adding that the motion had been proposed by the Communists and backed by pro-government lawmakers with the support of a minority of opposition deputies.

"This is a provocation, an attempt to discredit us," the opposition spokeswoman said.

The lawmakers voted by 257 out of 397 present in the 450-member chamber to ask outgoing President Leonid Kuchma to pull out the Ukrainian contingent serving in the US-led coalition force in Iraq.

Both of the rival candidates to replace Kuchma, Yushchenko and pro-Russian Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovich, have said the troops should return but the opposition is pushing for a faster withdrawal timetable.

"We do support a pullout of the Ukrainian forces, but not in a hasty manner. It needs to be discussed properly in parliament first," Gerashchenko said.

The United States has given covert support to the West-leaning opposition leader in this strategic nation as it engages in a Cold War-style battle for influence with Russia, which openly backed the Kremlin-friendly Yanukovich.

[TexKat]

Ukraine parliament demands withdrawal of troops from Iraq

The dirty dirty puutt-in-tame.

[Redbob]

Carter would have found the results of the first election perfectly acceptable - no evidence of fraud here!

[OESY]

Viking Kitty: "Raise your paw if you're for freedom."

Young zot-team supporters of Ukrainian opposition leader
Viktor Yushchenko rally outside the supreme court in Kiev.