[Via... http://www.egroups.com/group/Communist-Internet ] . . ----- Original Message ----- From: Downwithcapitalism <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, May 19, 2001 1:12 AM Subject: [downwithcapitalism] FW: Political instability in Ukraine (con't.) KP News. 18 May 2001. Ukraine's political uncertainty complicated by Communist stance. KIEV The Ukrainian parliament's dominant Communists will not back any candidate for the country's next prime minister from among those mentioned by President Leonid Kuchma, the party's leader said Thursday. The Communist Party chief, Petro Symonenko, said his party will propose its own candidates for the post. Communists, supported by centrists and other factions, were the driving force behind last month's ouster of a reformist government led by popular Prime Minister Viktor Yushchenko, which came after months of political turmoil in this large nation. The government remains a caretaker one until Kuchma names a new prime minister and his choice is approved by parliament. Kuchma launched talks with political and parliamentary leaders Wednesday in a bid to find an agreeable figure.On Thursday, he met separately with Symonenko and then held a larger meeting with leaders of major parliamentary parties. Symonenko said Kuchma mentioned Anatoliy Kinakh, the head of Ukrainian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, former deputy premier Serhiy Tyhypko, deputy Prime Minister Oleh Dybyna, Finance Minister Vasyl Rohovyi and tax administration chief Mykola Azarov among the candidates. But Symonenko said chances for Communist support for any of them were "very slim." "All the candidates proposed fit the illusory myth of reforming society. Today we must resolve concrete social and economic problems," Symonenko said, adding that his party was proposing the candidacies of two Communist lawmakers. Communists opposed Yushchenko's reformist policies and have sought a return to Soviet-style command economy with heavy social subsidies. "We must not speak of reforms today but look whether the candidates proposed may solve Ukraine's social problems,"Symonenko said. No progress is expected before a Communist leadership meeting Monday. Meanwhile, hundreds of hard-liners demonstrated near the parliament building in downtown Kiev on Thursday. One group of about 150 protesters who raised red Soviet flags condemned Ukrainian nationalists and NATO, and about 400 who joined them later were angry about Pope John Paul II's visit to Ukraine, planned for June. SPAM TO FOLLOW Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
