17 December 2010, 12:11
Volodymyr Lytvyn, Chairman of The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, calls on the Parliament Members to realize their Responsibility for the Country
On Friday, V.Lytvyn delivered a speech at the morning plenary meeting. He informed the People´s Deputies about the progress of negotiations between the faction leaders on Thursday. He admitted that the compromise had not been reached due to the stance of the opposition factions. "The proposals, demands and pleas find absolutely no response," he stated.
"However, I have received a note that the People´s Deputies carried chains, locks and metal rods to the session hall," V.Lytvyn stated, showing these objects. "Is it connected with the deputy activity?" the Head of the Parliament asked.
V.Lytvyn declared that there were incitements to shoot, "as the deputies bear arms to the session hall, which is not a secret." He deems necessary to clarify the grounds for obtaining the arms.
V.Lytvyn stressed that such actions "destroy the parliament." "The point of no return has already been passed. Definitely, as the Chairman of The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, I bear full responsibility for the persons who were injured yesterday," he declared. "Only organizers of these actions have not been injured."
The Chairman of The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine expressed his indignation at the conditions of working places of the deputies. "Look, what the session hall has been turned into. In the worst case, it is a stall of a bad master," he claimed. "One gets away with all mischief that happens here."
"The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine as the last shelter of democracy is being destroyed," V.Lytvyn declared. "If there is no Verkhovna Rada, there will be no country."
The Head of the Parliament supposes that the organizers of such actions do not pursue the aims they declared. "The war after the presidential campaign is ongoing. We shall stop," V.Lytvyn stressed. He regrets that the opposition factions left the session hall. "Let us pass some resolution, hold the deputy council. Let us stop this rage," the Head of the Parliament suggested. "We have to realize the responsibility for the country."
V.Lytvyn deems necessary to learn a lesson from the current situation, as it "does not glorify the country."