SAY NO TO NEW UKRAINIAN ANTI-DEMOCRATIC POLICIES
Published April 10, 2010
April 5, 2010
Barack H. Obama, JD
President of the United States of America
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Ave NW
Washington, DC 20500
United States
Re: Petition against Anti-Democratization of Ukraine by Current President V. Yanukovich and his newly appointed Minister of Education, D. Tabachnik
Dear Mr. President,
On the occasion of the forthcoming visit by the newly-appointed Ukrainian President Victor Yanukovich to the United States of America on April 12, 2010, the Ukrainian-American community (along with the worldwide Ukrainian diaspora) would like to share with you our deepest concerns regarding the recent anti-democratic developments in Ukraine.
Mr. President, we all admire your democratic ideals and your commitment to supporting democracies throughout the world. As a leader whom we greatly admire, we ask you to convey these concerns to Mr. Yanukovich on our behalf. We would greatly appreciate it if you could find it possible to inform the Ukrainian President about the attitude of the US government towards such anti-democratic ideals, racism and xenophobia and firmly convey to him the unacceptability of these ideologies in modern democracies.
About a month ago, parliamentarians of President Yanukovich\\\\\\\'s Party of Regions, together with some satellite parties, appointed a certain Dmitri Tabachnik as the Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine. Sadly, Mr. Tabachnik is widely known for his anti-Ukrainian, anti-democratic, pro-Russian, xenophobic attitude towards ethnic Ukrainians, especially to those living in the Western part of the country. In some of his statements, he has specifically formulated discriminatory wording which is comparable to that used by the Nazi propaganda with respect to the Jewish people during WWII. In fact, he proceeded to follow policies which diminish the Ukrainian language on the national level (i.e. cancelling university examinations in the Ukrainian language, issuing decrees to cease movie translations in Ukrainian, intimidating and arresting university faculty and students for simply exercising their democratic rights, etc)…
It is hard for us all to observe Mr. Yanykovich’s and Mr. Tabachnik’s current reversals of the former President Victor Yushchenko’s democratic policies. It seems that the current administration’s damaging political actions reflect the refusal to acknowledge Ukraine as an independent country and threaten the very existence of Ukraine as a young democratic nation. As citizens of the Ukrainian-American community (and the world Ukrainian community at large), we are greatly disturbed by these recent anti-democratic policies of Mr. Yanukovich, his newly-appointed government and parliamentary counterparts and ask you to intervene.
Nations do not die from heart attacks.
First their language is taken away.
-- Lina Kostenko –
We thank you in advance for your support of the Democratic movement in Ukraine.
Sincerely yours,
The following undersigned petitioners...
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April 5, 2010
Barack H. Obama, JD
President of the United States of America
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Ave NW
Washington, DC 20500
United States
Re: Petition against Anti-Democratization of Ukraine by Current President V. Yanukovich and his newly appointed Minister of Education, D. Tabachnik
Dear Mr. President,
On the occasion of the forthcoming visit by the newly-appointed Ukrainian President Victor Yanukovich to the United States of America on April 12, 2010, the Ukrainian-American community (along with the worldwide Ukrainian diaspora) would like to share with you our deepest concerns regarding the recent anti-democratic developments in Ukraine.
Mr. President, we all admire your democratic ideals and your commitment to supporting democracies throughout the world. As a leader whom we greatly admire, we ask you to convey these concerns to Mr. Yanukovich on our behalf. We would greatly appreciate it if you could find it possible to inform the Ukrainian President about the attitude of the US government towards such anti-democratic ideals, racism and xenophobia and firmly convey to him the unacceptability of these ideologies in modern democracies.
About a month ago, parliamentarians of President Yanukovich's Party of Regions, together with some satellite parties, appointed a certain Dmitri Tabachnik as the Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine. Sadly, Mr. Tabachnik is widely known for his anti-Ukrainian, anti-democratic, pro-Russian, xenophobic attitude towards ethnic Ukrainians, especially to those living in the Western part of the country. In some of his statements, he has specifically formulated discriminatory wording which is comparable to that used by the Nazi propaganda with respect to the Jewish people during WWII. In fact, he proceeded to follow policies which diminish the Ukrainian language on the national level (i.e. cancelling university examinations in the Ukrainian language, issuing decrees to cease movie translations in Ukrainian, intimidating and arresting university faculty and students for simply exercising their democratic rights, etc)…
It is hard for us all to observe Mr. Yanykovich’s and Mr. Tabachnik’s current reversals of the former President Victor Yushchenko’s democratic policies. It seems that the current administration’s damaging political actions reflect the refusal to acknowledge Ukraine as an independent country and threaten the very existence of Ukraine as a young democratic nation. As citizens of the Ukrainian-American community (and the world Ukrainian community at large), we are greatly disturbed by these recent anti-democratic policies of Mr. Yanukovich, his newly-appointed government and parliamentary counterparts and ask you to intervene.
Nations do not die from heart attacks.
First their language is taken away.
-- Lina Kostenko –
We thank you in advance for your support of the Democratic movement in Ukraine.
Sincerely yours,
The following undersigned petitioners:
Barack H. Obama, JD
President of the United States of America
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Ave NW
Washington, DC 20500
United States
Re: Petition against Anti-Democratization of Ukraine by Current President V. Yanukovich and his newly appointed Minister of Education, D. Tabachnik
Dear Mr. President,
On the occasion of the forthcoming visit by the newly-appointed Ukrainian President Victor Yanukovich to the United States of America on April 12, 2010, the Ukrainian-American community (along with the worldwide Ukrainian diaspora) would like to share with you our deepest concerns regarding the recent anti-democratic developments in Ukraine.
Mr. President, we all admire your democratic ideals and your commitment to supporting democracies throughout the world. As a leader whom we greatly admire, we ask you to convey these concerns to Mr. Yanukovich on our behalf. We would greatly appreciate it if you could find it possible to inform the Ukrainian President about the attitude of the US government towards such anti-democratic ideals, racism and xenophobia and firmly convey to him the unacceptability of these ideologies in modern democracies.
About a month ago, parliamentarians of President Yanukovich\\\\\\\'s Party of Regions, together with some satellite parties, appointed a certain Dmitri Tabachnik as the Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine. Sadly, Mr. Tabachnik is widely known for his anti-Ukrainian, anti-democratic, pro-Russian, xenophobic attitude towards ethnic Ukrainians, especially to those living in the Western part of the country. In some of his statements, he has specifically formulated discriminatory wording which is comparable to that used by the Nazi propaganda with respect to the Jewish people during WWII. In fact, he proceeded to follow policies which diminish the Ukrainian language on the national level (i.e. cancelling university examinations in the Ukrainian language, issuing decrees to cease movie translations in Ukrainian, intimidating and arresting university faculty and students for simply exercising their democratic rights, etc)…
It is hard for us all to observe Mr. Yanykovich’s and Mr. Tabachnik’s current reversals of the former President Victor Yushchenko’s democratic policies. It seems that the current administration’s damaging political actions reflect the refusal to acknowledge Ukraine as an independent country and threaten the very existence of Ukraine as a young democratic nation. As citizens of the Ukrainian-American community (and the world Ukrainian community at large), we are greatly disturbed by these recent anti-democratic policies of Mr. Yanukovich, his newly-appointed government and parliamentary counterparts and ask you to intervene.
Nations do not die from heart attacks.
First their language is taken away.
-- Lina Kostenko –
We thank you in advance for your support of the Democratic movement in Ukraine.
Sincerely yours,
The following undersigned petitioners...
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Added by: socart6 on April 29, 2010, 5:50:51 pm
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April 5, 2010
Barack H. Obama, JD
President of the United States of America
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Ave NW
Washington, DC 20500
United States
Re: Petition against Anti-Democratization of Ukraine by Current President V. Yanukovich and his newly appointed Minister of Education, D. Tabachnik
Dear Mr. President,
On the occasion of the forthcoming visit by the newly-appointed Ukrainian President Victor Yanukovich to the United States of America on April 12, 2010, the Ukrainian-American community (along with the worldwide Ukrainian diaspora) would like to share with you our deepest concerns regarding the recent anti-democratic developments in Ukraine.
Mr. President, we all admire your democratic ideals and your commitment to supporting democracies throughout the world. As a leader whom we greatly admire, we ask you to convey these concerns to Mr. Yanukovich on our behalf. We would greatly appreciate it if you could find it possible to inform the Ukrainian President about the attitude of the US government towards such anti-democratic ideals, racism and xenophobia and firmly convey to him the unacceptability of these ideologies in modern democracies.
About a month ago, parliamentarians of President Yanukovich's Party of Regions, together with some satellite parties, appointed a certain Dmitri Tabachnik as the Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine. Sadly, Mr. Tabachnik is widely known for his anti-Ukrainian, anti-democratic, pro-Russian, xenophobic attitude towards ethnic Ukrainians, especially to those living in the Western part of the country. In some of his statements, he has specifically formulated discriminatory wording which is comparable to that used by the Nazi propaganda with respect to the Jewish people during WWII. In fact, he proceeded to follow policies which diminish the Ukrainian language on the national level (i.e. cancelling university examinations in the Ukrainian language, issuing decrees to cease movie translations in Ukrainian, intimidating and arresting university faculty and students for simply exercising their democratic rights, etc)…
It is hard for us all to observe Mr. Yanykovich’s and Mr. Tabachnik’s current reversals of the former President Victor Yushchenko’s democratic policies. It seems that the current administration’s damaging political actions reflect the refusal to acknowledge Ukraine as an independent country and threaten the very existence of Ukraine as a young democratic nation. As citizens of the Ukrainian-American community (and the world Ukrainian community at large), we are greatly disturbed by these recent anti-democratic policies of Mr. Yanukovich, his newly-appointed government and parliamentary counterparts and ask you to intervene.
Nations do not die from heart attacks.
First their language is taken away.
-- Lina Kostenko –
We thank you in advance for your support of the Democratic movement in Ukraine.
Sincerely yours,
The following undersigned petitioners:
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