Election addiction

Quote: While elections are a better alternative than Communist show trials, and while Ukrainians ought to be lauded for their enthusiasm for the democratic process, there’s a limit to all this, as US Ambassador to Ukraine William Taylor Jr. has repeatedly warned.
Whereas President Viktor Yushchenko called a pre-term election using a violation of the Constitution as justification, now it appears that Ukraine’s politicians, led by Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, are simply fed up with Kyiv Mayor Leonid Chernovetskiy.
So are most of us. He promised to improve transportation and the opposite occurred. Rather than develop affordable housing, he distributed hundreds of choice Kyiv properties as political tribute. Chernovetskiy has allowed land developers to run roughshod over historical landmarks and public parks. In just two years. his leadership has been disastrous in the full sense of the word.
In spite of all this, an election is not the way to cope. A good solution solves problems so they don’t recur.
Last year’s September pre-term parliamentary election didn’t solve any long-term problem. Parliament is just as dysfunctional as ever.

http://www.kyivpost.com/opinion/editorial/28636/

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