The Verkhovna Rada has sanctioned the arrest of one of the leaders of the Ukrainian opposition Oleh Tsariov, who criticized the recent presidential election in Ukraine held amidst the civil war. A total of 235, slightly more than the required number of 226, have supported Tsariov's arrest.
Oleh Tsariov had been running for the post of the Ukrainian president, but he withdrew from the election campaign on his own free will. Tsariov also called on the other presidential candidates, whose basic electorate was concentrated in the south-east of Ukraine, to quit the presidential race. "The election being held amidst the civil war should be boycotted," Tsariov said then.
Tsariov in an interview with Rossiya24 TV channel on May 25 refused to recognize the presidential election in Ukraine as legitimate and called into question the organization of the elections. "There is no talk about the election being legitimate. Donbass, Luhansk and Donetsk had not voted for any presidential candidate. Poroshenko was supported by voters mostly in the west of Ukraine. Therefore, we insist that it was a choice only of half of Ukraine," Tsariov told Vesti 24 TV channel.
Last week, parliament-appointed Acting Prosecutor General Oleh Makhnitsky announced that the Prosecutor General's office had been investigating several criminal cases against Tsariov, who is accused of making "public calls to overthrow the existing constitutional system in Ukraine, change its state borders and stage acts of disobedience, which entailed grave consequences and caused many casualties among law enforcers and peaceful civilians".
[itar-tass.com]3/6/14
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Ukrainian lawmaker stripped of immunity not to seek asylum in Russia...
ReplyDeleteOleh Tsariov was on his way to Moscow to open an office of the Popular Front, a movement recently created in southeastern Ukraine.
Ukrainian lawmaker Oleh Tsariov, leader of the South-East movement whom the Ukrainian parliament has stripped of immunity, has no plans to ask Moscow to grant him asylum and will continue his activity in Ukraine, his associate told ITAR-TASS on Tuesday.
He confirmed the media reports that Tsariov was on his way to Moscow to open an office of the Popular Front, a movement recently created in southeastern Ukraine.
"He won't ask for asylum. He will continue his current activity," the source said adding that the new threat of being taken to prison was nothing compared with the continuing risks to his life.
Oleh Tsariov had been running for the post of the Ukrainian president, but hewithdrew from the election campaignon his own free will. Tsariov also called on the other presidential candidates, whose basic electorate was concentrated in the south-east of Ukraine, to quit the presidential race. "The election being held amidst the civil war should be boycotted," Tsariov said then............http://en.itar-tass.com/world/734557
3/6/14