Pro-Russia Victor Yanukovich Claims the Ukrainian Presidency.

David · Feb 10, 2010

http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/02/10/ukraine.elections/index.html

With a 70% voter turnout, former Prime Minister Victor Yanukovich, ousted from power during the Orange Revolution, has won the presidency with 48.95% of the vote. Pro-West Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko refuses to concede citing voter fraud, though it's now statistically impossible for her to win and the approval of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) which observed the election.

GOP · Feb 10, 2010

This is sad for Ukraine. I'd really want Tymoshenko to run Ukraine to more Western standards, maybe be included in the EU, NATO and other important organizations. Now all we'll see is a Putin friendly president who's going to be Moscow's puppy.

David · Feb 10, 2010

GOP said:
This is sad for Ukraine. I'd really want Tymoshenko to run Ukraine to more Western standards, maybe be included in the EU, NATO and other important organizations. Now all we'll see is a Putin friendly president who's going to be Moscow's puppy.

The CIS is re-consolidating it's power. Many of it's members have voted to unilaterally join the Union-State (the reincarnation of the Soviet Union), though the votes were non-binding so nothing has yet come of it (aside from Belarus).

deanhills · Feb 10, 2010

49% of the vote is not the majority. Do you think this may hail unsettling times in the Ukraine? Especially given that there may be a chance that they will be moving backwards?

David · Feb 10, 2010

deanhills said:
49% of the vote is not the majority. Do you think this may hail unsettling times in the Ukraine? Especially given that there may be a chance that they will be moving backwards?

You don't need a majority, just the most. Besides, a lot of people voted for an option that amounted to "None of the Above" tbh.

deanhills · Feb 10, 2010

David said:
You don't need a majority, just the most. Besides, a lot of people voted for an option that amounted to "None of the Above" tbh.

I don't think you understand what I meant. I'm saying that many people did not support him, so he does not have a majority of the people support. Meaning that whatever policies he is going to implement, will not have the support of quite a large percentage of the population, and since he seems to be radically different from before, this could lead to lots of unrest?

David · Feb 10, 2010

deanhills said:
I don't think you understand what I meant. I'm saying that many people did not support him, so he does not have a majority of the people support. Meaning that whatever policies he is going to implement, will not have the support of quite a large percentage of the population, and since he seems to be radically different from before, this could be responsible for unrest?

You're also assuming that there were only 2 candidates. When have you ever heard of an Europian politician getting 51%+ of the vote?

deanhills · Feb 10, 2010

David said:
You're also assuming that there were only 2 candidates. When have you ever heard of an Europian politician getting 51%+ of the vote?

NO, you are assuming that I am assuming. Even if there were 10 candidates, there are a large number of people who did not support him. If he had been what had been expected and that the people are used to, that would not have made a difference, but he is different from before, and may govern more unpredictably, which of course will then make that very large percentage outside his clan more restless than if it had been the Pro Western candidate?

Pro-Russia Victor Yanukovich Claims the Ukrainian Presidency.

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