Ukraine Parliament declares election invalid!

[momzno1]

why can't we get our asses together and raise this much of a stink?

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20041127/ap_on_re_eu/ukraine_elections


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Europe - AP


Ukraine Parliament Calls Election Invalid

19 minutes ago Europe - AP


By YURAS KARMANAU, Associated Press Writer

KIEV, Ukraine - Ukraine's parliament on Saturday declared invalid the disputed presidential election that triggered a week of growing street protests and legal maneuvers, raising the possibility that a new vote could be held in this former Soviet republic.


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Parliament's vote came amid a flurry of domestic and international support for the possibility of a revote. A European Union (news - web sites) envoy — Dutch Foreign Minister Ben Bot — said new elections were the "ideal outcome" for the standoff between Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych and Viktor Yushchenko. Asked if new elections were the only solution, Ben Bot answered: "Yes."


The Unian news agency quoted Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Yakovenko as saying Friday that Moscow regarded a potential revote favorably — an apparent significant retreat from its earlier insistence that the Nov. 21 elections were fair and valid.


Parliament's move was not legally binding but clearly demonstrated rising dissatisfaction with the announced outcome. The United States and other Western nations contend the vote was marred by massive fraud.


The presidential election was won by the Russia-backed Yanukovych,

[goclark]

1. Praise The Lord!!

When will we get strong and march for justice?

They did it in a non violent way and they stayed strong.

Oh, this is glorious,simply glorious!

[LisaL]

3. I don't see it as glorious at all.

It seems to me that again Bush is getting what he wants.

[goclark]

4. What I see as glorious

is that the Ukraine issue hopefully will call attention to the fact that our election was a FRAUD.
Not that Bush gets what he wants again.
Sorry if I mislead in my comments.

[LisaL]

5. Actually, Americans might see it as prove there was no

FRAUD in the US. After all, our media covers election FRAUD in Ukraine, but not a peep about election FRAUD in the US. Which must be prove there was no FRAUD here in the US-yes, our American people are just this dumb.

[goclark]

6. You are right, Amerikans are pretty challenged

mentally right now.

It still floors me to talk to Democratic Activists that were so down after the election that they only listen to television and read the paper.

They have not heard more than two words about the FRAUD issue. They are clueless about it.

[PaulaGem]

2. Perhaps we should have a national

wear your tin foil hat to work day...

I think this brings me to 10, if it does will start a thread ;)