Ukraine President offers forgiveness to rebels who disarm

Presidential elections in Ukraine were “extraordinary quality” and give the new president “legitimacy to immediately enter into an inclusive dialogue with all citizens of the eastern regions in order to restore confidence.” So said Andreas Gross, head of the delegation of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe yesterday on the report of the international observers (including OSCE) on Sunday’s election in Ukraine. In Moscow, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Russia would respect the outcome of the elections and is ready to dialogue with the new president, will surely be Petro Poroshenko.

Representatives of the OSCE and other member institutions of the mission agreed that the elections were democratic, despite the violence and threats that had occurred in the east of the country. ” Many politicians of our countries would be envious of the passion with which the Ukrainians voted ” said Joao Soares, coordinator of the observer mission of the OSCE short-term.

The elections were characterized by ” a high turnout and the clear decision of the authorities to ensure a vote to live up to international obligations.” And it was so, “despite the security environment, hostile in two regions of the East and the increasingly numerous attempts undertaken by armed groups in these parts of the country.” “The election took place in an environment of political, economic challenge and, in particular security. Violence in eastern Ukraine, where anti-government forces control some areas and the Government has operations against insurgents marked the electoral environment and affected the observance of human rights. The elections did not take place in Crimea peninsula not be controlled by the Ukrainian authorities.

Participated in the elections 60% of the electorate, according to the Central Election Commission, but was not voted in large areas of Donetsk and Lugansk due to ” continued interference of armed separatist groups,” according to the report of the observers. In Lugansk not voted in 10 of the 12 constituencies and Donetsk districts not voted in 14 of the 22 electoral districts due to the actions of the separatists before armed groups and on election day, which included death threats and intimidation, capture and destruction of election documents, and the inability to distribute ballots to schools because of the general insecurity caused by these groups, the report said.

By Monday afternoon, when he had already recounted 85% of the vote, the result Poroshenko kept 54% of the votes cast, while former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko was 13%, and Oleg Liashko, 8.47 %. Although the winner can only be considered as head of state within 10 days, Poroshenko and acted as president-elect on Monday and outlined the broad outlines determinedly political. He was careful to speak on Russia saying that since it is the main neighbor, ” stability in Ukraine is impossible without Russia’s participation.” He announced a meeting with his colleague Vladimir Putin in early June, which will not only be designed “to shake hands.” “Every day of delay in negotiations with participation of our partners in the U.S. and Europe has a cost in human lives and the excuse that there is no elected government has disappeared, because there is a president,” he said. On the agenda of Poroshenko is a trip to Donetsk, will be the first in the country, another trip to Warsaw in early June, and another to Brussels at the end of that month you participate, along with Georgia and Moldova, at a meeting in Community capital where the three countries approach the respective treaties with the EU.

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