25 October 2012, 14:10
The Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine deems that assessment of the election race in Ukraine should be based on the totality of all factors.
This was stressed by V.Lytvyn during his interview to the Rada TV Channel on Thursday.
Commenting on the article in the “New York Times” of October 24, 2012, at the request of the TV Channel, where Hilary Clinton, the US State Secretary and Catherine Ashton, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy called Ukrainian authority to hold free elections, stressing that these elections will be a test for the country, V.Lytvyn noted that this publication “is another significant proof of the fact that elections will take place not only in Ukraine”. He believes that it also testifies of the fact that “Ukraine is of interest both to the USA and Europe”. “Thirdly, he said, this is a final accord of the pre-election campaign”.
The Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada reminded that these days political parties and the participants of the election race make their final claims, evaluate the results of the election campaign once again reminding voters of themselves and calling to vote for them.
At the same time, V.Lytvyn believes that the article is “balanced” for it positively assesses the achievements of Ukraine during the independence period and focuses on the well known problems, particularly, that of non-participation of Yu.Tymoshenko and Yu.Lutsenko in the election campaign. The Chairman of the Parliament noted that the publication looks like a “suggestion for joint plan of actions during post election period”.
V.Lytvyn reminded that international observers who, according to him, “should demonstrate moderation and should not impose their preferences on the process” will monitor elections in Ukraine. “I believe that international observers should be interested not in individuals or the election result, but in the course of elections, in the process of voting and counting,” he stressed.
The Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada gave a positive assessment of the dialogue with international observers calling it “interesting”. He testifies that they are experts in the political situation in Ukraine, and that discussions are always held on a professional level demonstrating unbiased approach. However, collective estimation is somewhat different from the overall dialogue. At the same time, V.Lytvyn noted “we have no grounds to state that everything is ideal”. “We should have an overlook over everything that takes place,” he stressed.