Yulia Tymoshenko, Victor Yanukovich defiant to win elections
Ahead of the "day of silence' Yanukovich denies his "pro-Russian" platform, while Tymoshenko maintains that her Plan A will become reality in several weeks.
The presidential elections in Ukraine will take place on Sunday. Under the law, campaigning is prohibited on the eve of the polls. 18 politicians are competing for the post of the president, but only two -- opposition leader Victor Yanukovich and current PM Yulia Tymoshenko -- are believed to advance to the run-off.
Commentators maintain that incumbent Victor Yushchenko is unlikely to succeed.
Every contender has built his or her campaign on criticism which often borders libel. But none of these three politicians has agreed to hold face-to-face debates between themselves.
Victor Yanukovich has slammed the political forces that ran the country after the Orange Revolution and has praised Russia's political system.
Yanukovich: "All we have seen over the past five years was chaos. Uncotrolled. Neither economic interests nor social issues were observed in this chaos. There was only one issue on agenda: a political interest. All the rest was ignored in the fire of this political struggle.
In Russia, there is a system that envisages economic growth, the distribution of private profit, the protection of national interests".
At the same time, Yanukovich denies his "pro-Russian" stance.
Yanukovich: "This is just political bla-bla-bla which cannot be backed by my actions. I was in the government twice and I did not seek approval of my actions by anyone but the coalition I had. They were my political partners with who I coordinated my decision-making.
Meanwhile, Yulia Tymoshenko is also absolutely confident that she will the presidential election.
"I don't have any Plan B in case of defeat. I have Plan A that will become reality in our country in several weeks", the prime minister said.
Photo: unian.net
The presidential elections in Ukraine will take place on Sunday. Under the law, campaigning is prohibited on the eve of the polls. 18 politicians are competing for the post of the president, but only two -- opposition leader Victor Yanukovich and current PM Yulia Tymoshenko -- are believed to advance to the run-off.
Commentators maintain that incumbent Victor Yushchenko is unlikely to succeed.
Every contender has built his or her campaign on criticism which often borders libel. But none of these three politicians has agreed to hold face-to-face debates between themselves.
Victor Yanukovich has slammed the political forces that ran the country after the Orange Revolution and has praised Russia's political system.
Yanukovich: "All we have seen over the past five years was chaos. Uncotrolled. Neither economic interests nor social issues were observed in this chaos. There was only one issue on agenda: a political interest. All the rest was ignored in the fire of this political struggle.
In Russia, there is a system that envisages economic growth, the distribution of private profit, the protection of national interests".
At the same time, Yanukovich denies his "pro-Russian" stance.
Yanukovich: "This is just political bla-bla-bla which cannot be backed by my actions. I was in the government twice and I did not seek approval of my actions by anyone but the coalition I had. They were my political partners with who I coordinated my decision-making.
Meanwhile, Yulia Tymoshenko is also absolutely confident that she will the presidential election.
"I don't have any Plan B in case of defeat. I have Plan A that will become reality in our country in several weeks", the prime minister said.
Photo: unian.net
