Polish President: Split in Ukraine Realistic
Politics | November 28, 2004, Sunday
Polish President Aleksander Kwasniewski (L) talks to the opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko. Kwasniewski said there is a realistic threat of an internal split in Ukraine. Photo by AFP
Poland's President Aleksander Kwasniewski said Sunday that there is a realistic threat of an internal split in Ukraine following the country's disputed presidential election on November 21.
After his trip to Ukraine, Kwasniewski said he thinks that Viktor Yushchenko would eventually become the country's next president.
The Polish leader had travelled to Ukraine to mediate between the opposition, which says elections were rigged and the official election winner Viktor Yanukovich.
Earlier in the day local leaders from Ukraine's eastern regions voted unanimously in favour of holding a referendum on their "regional status", a euphemism for autonomy from the capital Kiev.
Delegates at a regional congress wants "a referendum to be held in December this year to determine the status of the region".
The idea of creating an autonomous territory comes from the governors of regions where there was a record amount of (electoral) fraud in the presidential election contested on November 21, Ukraine's pro-Western opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko said.
After his trip to Ukraine, Kwasniewski said he thinks that Viktor Yushchenko would eventually become the country's next president.
The Polish leader had travelled to Ukraine to mediate between the opposition, which says elections were rigged and the official election winner Viktor Yanukovich.
Earlier in the day local leaders from Ukraine's eastern regions voted unanimously in favour of holding a referendum on their "regional status", a euphemism for autonomy from the capital Kiev.
Delegates at a regional congress wants "a referendum to be held in December this year to determine the status of the region".
The idea of creating an autonomous territory comes from the governors of regions where there was a record amount of (electoral) fraud in the presidential election contested on November 21, Ukraine's pro-Western opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko said.
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