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Politics : Sioux Nation
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To: T L Comiskey who wrote (37732)9/8/2005 7:19:55 PM
From: Karen Lawrence  Read Replies (1) of 362074
 
Bush should follow Yushencko's lead and sack everyone in his administration. Without those props, he too would fall. That would be a good thing.

The United States played down a political crisis in Ukraine that prompted President Viktor Yushchenko to sack his government on Thursday but said it was vital he speed up the pace of reforms.

U.S. State Department official Kurt Volker said Kiev should not expect an invitation to deepen its ties with NATO until it showed more proof of democratic and military reforms since the "Orange Revolution" of late last year.

But he said Yushchenko's move to sack his government amid infighting and accusations of corruption was not unusual.

"In democratic countries this happens a lot," Volker, a senior official responsible for Europe and Eurasia in the U.S. State Department, told a news briefing in Brussels.

"They will name a new government, they'll have elections next year and I think we just have to keep our eyes focused on the long term and not look at short-term adjustments," he said.

Yushchenko has pledged to stamp out the corruption that was rife under his predecessor, Leonid Kuchma, and said the decision to sack his government was a bid to untie the "Gordian knot" holding back his efforts.

Volker was reserved on Yushchenko's reform record since the pro-Western uprising that overturned a rigged presidential election, saying there had been "ups and downs" in a process crucial to Kiev's goal of joining NATO and the European Union.

today.reuters.com
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