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The Supreme Court delivers the knockout blow, Yushchenko moving slowly

[update: the inauguration will actually take place on the January 22, again according to the radio]

The Supreme court just dismissed Yanukovych's last appeal, according to the radio. The way is now open for Yushchenko's inauguration.

In this Ukrayinska Pravda article (In Ukrainian) the magazine quotes a Yushchenko aide as stating that Yushchenko's inauguration will happen on either January 20 or 21.

Still no word on who Yushchenko will nominate for Prime Minister. The frontrunners are still Poroshenko and Tymoshenko. In this excellent Zerkalo Nedeli article, the paper, with customary exhaustiveness, details all the potential pros and cons of each candidate. Along the way it worries that Yushchenko's political slowness will mean he loses his incredible support and fritters away time without being able to make positive changes.

Posted on Tuesday, January 18, 2005 at 05:31AM by Registered CommenterDan McMinn in | Comments2 Comments

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My heart would so, so break if Tymoshenko didn't get it. Even if she is a maverick who'll let loose and piss off the Kremlin. Oh, that's right - the Kremlin's the bad guys!
January 19, 2005 | Unregistered CommenterJosef
Personally, I'm just glad I'm not Yushchenko, while at the same time hoping he'll relieve my anticipation and just announce who his Prime Minister will be, for goodness sake. I'm for any arrangement Yushchenko can keep from pulling apart at the seams. I say go with Tymoshenko because it was a promise, to hell with expediency. But he'd better do a good job of shackling her to moderates.
January 20, 2005 | Registered CommenterDan McMinn

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