17th September 2006, 18:15
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News As Of September 17, 2006
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Interpol Ukraine wants to know whereabouts of Lazarenko fine money
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Interpol Ukraine wants to know whereabouts of Lazarenko fine money convicted Ukrainian tycoon Pavlo Lazarenko.
At the end of August Lazarenko was sentenced by an American court to nine years in jail and a fine of ten million dollars for money laundering and extortion. Interpol wants to know if the FBI was able to recover the money that was stolen and taken out of Ukraine. According to the Russian Information Agency ITAP-TACC the director of the department of International relations at the FBI stated that the USA had returned Ukraine as much money as it could locate. However, he wouldn’t name the amount. Interpol investigations have not found any documents about a money transfer and the bureau is now investigating into the statements made by the FBI.
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President of Ukraine criticised the new Cabinet
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In a five-hour conversation with Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych, Victor Yushchenko has voiced his concern over several steps taken by the new government and said the Cabinet must observe the National Unity Pact in its work.
“I invited the prime minister to give him my first political warning about some things certain government executives do, violating the [National Unity] Pact and stabilization agreements. Our meeting resulted in a joint plan of correcting such tendencies,” he told reporters at a mass media briefing on Friday.
He is convinced the National Unity Pact “gave all the political forces keys to implement these major political, economic and humanitarian tasks.” As President of Ukraine, he will thereby spare no effort to make sure that the key principles of this document – among them the unitary form of government, language policy and Euro-Atlantic integration – are secured not only as “common political agreements reached at the phase of finding political compromises and resolving the parliamentary crisis but also used as an action plan by the new Ukrainian government.”
President Yushchenko and PM Yanukovych spoke about some dangerous social and economic tendencies, nontransparent and often inexpedient dismissals and appointments, delays in the formation of a broad parliamentary coalition, violations of the rights of the opposition and attempts to revise Ukraine’s foreign policy, the president press office informed.
“Disregarding the law, the plan to raise the minimum wage on December 1, 2006, has been put off although the country has enough resources this year. This is a dubious and unnecessary revision of budget policy,” he said, adding that VAT reimbursement and tax pressure considerably complicated the dialogue between the government and businessmen.
“The 2007 draft budget has no signs of tax reduction whatsoever,” he said, claiming such a move could have helped legalize the economy.
The President also censured the Tax Administration for being apparently unfair in VAT reimbursement and said he had authorized Prosecutor General Medvedko to study the situation within ten days and “develop a mechanism of monitoringwhich would make it impossible to carry out such policies in the future.”
Victor Yushchenko also insisted that the formation of a parliamentary coalition should be faster.
“The healthy part of Ukraine’s political forces mustunderstand one thing: given the constitutional changes, which were passed hastily, political forces and government should take responsibility for many economic, humanitarian, and social issues,” he said. “I urge all those who take part in the formation of positions of this or that parliamentary faction to accelerate this process.”
The President and the premier also spoke about the inexpedience of putting pressure on deputies. Yushchenko said the revival of the practice of forcing parliamentarians to join the majority perverted the March 26 poll results.
“I would like to wish the deputies to be responsible for their voters and positions they defended during the campaign and to face all attacks bravely […],” he said. “I clearly demand that the rights of the opposition should be protected and observed so that they can control the government…”
He characterized the prime minister’s attempt to revise Ukraine’s foreign policy as unacceptable and reiterated that the country’s course to join the European Union and NATO would not change.
Victor Yushchenko also said it was vital to pass bills based on the principles of the National Unity Pact and his anti-corruption laws.
The President is soon going to convene the National Security and Defense Council to discuss all these issues.
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Ukraine's president promises to solve case of slain journalist
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KIEV, September 16 (RIA Novosti) - Ukraine's President Viktor Yushchenko said Saturday he would do everything possible to solve the murder of investigative journalist Heorhiy Gongadze.
Gongadze was kidnapped and murdered on September 16, 2000. The circumstances of his death became a national scandal and sparked protests against the government of the then President, Leonid Kuchma. Gongadze's killers have yet to be publicly identified and put on trial, although three men allegedly involved in the murder are now under trial.
"The president said he would do everything within his power to solve the case," the presidential press service said.
Yushchenko said it was extremely important to bring to account not only the perpetrators of the murder but also the organizers and those who ordered it.
"Gongadze's name became for Ukraine the symbol of political changes in the freedom of speech," Yushchenko said.
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Ukraine president denies premier's statements on NATO accession
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KIEV, September 16 (RIA Novosti) - Ukrainian Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych's idea that the country is unable to join the NATO action plan is wrong and out of line with Ukraine's national interests, President Viktor Yushchenko said Saturday.
Yanukovych Thursday took part in a session of the Ukraine-NATO commission in Brussels, where he said Ukraine was yet not ready to implement the Action Plan on accession to the North Atlantic alliance.
Western-leaning President Viktor Yushchenko has made NATO membership a priority since coming to power in 2004, but has met with strong opposition on the issue from pro-Russian political forces in the country.
The policy regarding NATO membership was fixed in the national unity pact. The document, which Yushchenko proposed for signing by the country's major political forces, was to serve as a guarantee of adherence to his political course before Yanukovych, the leader of the pro-Russian Party of Regions, was appointed prime minister to end four months of political crisis in the country.
"I am convinced that argumentation which is in essence of domestic nature, non-initiation of this issue as required by the Action Plan [on NATO membership] is an erroneous viewpoint, which does not meet national interests, and this should be rectified," the presidential press service quoted Yushchenko as saying.
The pro-presidential Our Ukraine bloc Friday accused the Ukrainian prime minister of breaching agreements set out by the national unity pact on Ukraine's NATO membership drive.
Yushchenko said Ukraine had a law on national security, which envisions integration policy up to full membership in NATO and the European Union.
Ukraine's quest for NATO membership has displeased Russia, which is anxious about the approach of NATO bases closer to its border
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Although i feel that Yuschenko lost a lot of support, i still support him. Now, to me it seems that with the newly hired PM, Yuschenko will tell the government what to do, and it will be done.
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