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December
2004
Feature
7
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the
list
of
IEOM
complaints
are
state
favoritism,
workplace
intimidation,
the
'
dubious
voter
registration
data,
the
unauthorized
presence
of
local
police
ivernment
officials
at
polling
stations,
the
inexplicable
appearance
of
an
addi-5
to
the
voter
rolls
on
election
day,
and
potential
openness
to
ballot
box
iring.
More
specifically,
the
IEOM
is
distressed
that
the
CEC
cannot
provide
mrate
list
of
voters,
nor
can
th.ey
account
for
the
unusually
high
(or
impossi-jh,
depending
on
who
you
ask)
voter
turnout
rates
in
certain
eastern
cities,
l
to
be
enclaves
of
Yanukovych
support:
96.3
in
Donetsk,
and
88.4
in
isk.
Seems
a
bit
high,
doesn't
it?
ddition,
"far
fewer
voters
were
turned
away
from
polling
stations
due
to
inac-es
in
the
voter
list
during
the
second
round...
but
once
again
there
was
a
lal
variation,
with
fewer
voters
being
turned
away
in
the
east,"
asserts
the
spite
the
suspiciously
high
turnout
in
some
regions,
overcrowding
was
report:
IEOM
observers
to
be
less
of
a
problem
in
eastern
regions
than
elsewhere,"
;nt
IEOM
report
continues.
Well
hey,
maybe
voters
in
Donetsk
were
just
lucky
jh
to
have
a
friendly
state-paid
police
force
on
hand
to
show
them
how
to
and
which
name
to
put
an
X
over,
right?
Right.
it
said,
it
might
come
as
a
surprise
to
some
that
Yuschenko
has
acquired
a
group
of
government-funded
allies
in
his
bid
to
appeal
his
election
loss:
nian
state
television.
st
less
than
a
week
following
the
election,
a
senior
correspondent
for
the
nian
state
owned
television
station
UT1
announced
that
the
entire
news
team
ping
to
protesters
in
Kiev's
Independence
Square.
She
said
that
their
mes-to
the
protesters
was,
and
I'm
not
joking:
"We
are
not
lying
anymore."
This
several
months
of
pro-government
scripting
handed
down
to
reporters
from
superiors,
in
addition
to
a
strict
censorship
policy.
jrs
before
UTTs
historically
rebellious
evening
broadcast,
pro-government
pri-chanhel
One
Plus
One
took
a
similar
stand,
luncing
the
resignation
of
its
news
editor,
who
teen
presenting
a
"fiercely
pro-government"
ion
special
for
the
past
three
days.
Journalists
le
station
refused
to
produce
news
bulletins
in
st
at
censorship
of
the
opposition,
committing
ad
to
presenting
only
impartial
material.
ler
ceasing
broadcast
of
the
pro-government
lion
special,
One
Plus
One's
director,
"The
IEOM
is
distressed
that
the
CEC
cannot
provide
an
accurate
list
of
voters"
sander
Rodnyansky,
flanked
by
the
production
news
staff
of
his
station,
addressed
the
inian
public,
saying
"we
understand
our
msibility
for
the
biased
news
that
the
channel
has
so
far
been
broadcasting
ir
pressure
and
on
orders
from
various
political
forces."
dnyansky
went
on
to
say
that
the
station
would
now
guarantee
"full
and
impar-
news
coverage,
and
would
allow
all
viewpoints
and
perspectives
to
be
pre-
ed.
Very
interesting...
Evidently,
you
have
to
travel
to
Ukraine
to
find
objective,
rtial
news
programming
with
dedication
to
honest,
reliable,
and,
fair
content
idays.
But
thanks
to
Fox
News,
at
least
we
have
a
"fair
and
balanced
look
at
hews"
each
night.
Thanks,
Fox!
So
now
we
have
to
ask
ourselves,
"What
can
we
learn
from
the
debacle
in
Ukraine?"
The
country
is
bitterly
divided.
Mass
work
stoppages
are
ongoing.
The
democratic
will
of
the
people
is
in
jeopardy.
What's
the
point?
The
country
is
almost
at
a
point
of
civil
war!
Well,
there
is
no
civil
war;
and
there
won't
be
one.
Both
parties
are
meeting
regularly
to
discuss
amiable
solutions
to
the
conflict.
The
international
community
has
rallied
behind
the
nation
in
support
of
its
fragile
democratic
process.
And
while
protesters
might
chant
and
yell
and
march,
none
of
them
have
guns.
This
is
a
huge
step
forward
for
Ukraine,
where
until
recently
the
country
had
been
plagued
by
unemployment
and
recession.
The
fact
that
the
current
conflict
has
unfolded
without
major
violence
is
a
remarkable
feat,
one
that
we
in
the
West
should
admire.
Even
more
admirable,
however,
is
the
diligence
of
the
Ukrainian
people.
Days
into
the
conflict,
hundreds
of
thousands
of
citizens
are
still
camping
out
in
the
streets,
freezing,
simply
to
voice
their
dissatisfaction
with
the
government's
mismanagement
of
the
election.
One
can
imagine
that
were
something
like
this
to
happen
during
a
Canadian
federal
election,
a
majority
of
the
populace
wouldn't
even
write
their
MP
a
letter
of
complaint.
In
fact,
I
would
be
surprised
if
the
majority
of
the
populace
even
knew
that
an
election
had
taken
place
at
all.
No,
we
should
envy
the
passion
exhibited
by
the
people
of
Ukraine
and
their
fight
for
a
just
democracy.
As
Canadians,
we
can
only
wish
we
loved
democracy
the
way
this
nation
does.
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