Ukraine's Orange Revolution 2.0 Don't count Yulia Tymoshenko out of the presidential election race just yet

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(see more pictures at the end  of the post)

Don't count Yulia Tymoshenko, the incumbant Prime Minister of Ukraine and the Tymoshenko Block (BYuT) out of the Ukrainian Presidential election race just yet.  Most of the media around the world seems to have written her off along with the Orange Revolution, that occurred in Ukraine in 2004.  It may be premature for Viktor Yanukovych to be popping Russian champaign corks.

She's too smart and cunning not a have a trump card up her sleeve.  This time, she’s in government and has more control over the election process and the SBU than during the Orange Revolution in 2004. The SBU-Ukraine's secret police, like the CIA –  won’t  be complicit in Party of Regions  fraud, and they  will be there to detect vote-rigging and pre-vote and votor list rigging  should it occur .

In fact  she is more then likely  to use to her  benefit,  the fact that the Party of Regions would probably  try to pull off another repeat election fraud in certain regions again, (like in 2004) She can shape circumstances to her advantage, and she’s smart enough to do just that.. 

Imagine the following ficticious scenario, which I just made up--- The Tymoshenko government, fully expecting election fraud from Yanukovych , prints election ballots with a special invisible water marks, serial codes or other invisible identifying marks, that distinguish between real and illegal ballots, which no one outside of a small group in government is aware of .

 
(Election Results above-Hat tip Roman Z)

 Tymoshenko is only out by 880,000 votes officially and claims that she should be winning by 0.8 % according to her count. 

Nullifying the 1 million ballots that she says were rigged (due to added phantom voters by Party of Regions (PoR) would put her ahead by a few hundred thousand votes.

Watch her pull an election rabbit out of the hat and force a new run off or  have key Pro Yanukovych districts where fraud occurred –such as Crimea, Donetsk and Luhansk  challenged in court and the results declared  null and void. 

Tymoshenko may turn out to be the real come back Queen & Ukraine's first female President and Yanukovych -a two time looser.

(see rferlorg story below)

UPDATE: Feb 17, 2010

http://www.upi.com/Top_News/International/2010/02/17/Ukraine-court-suspends-election-results/UPI-79291266414532/

UPI

17Feb2010

Ukraine court suspends election results

 

 

KIEV, Ukraine -- A Ukraine court in Kiev suspended last week's presidential election results Wednesday to allow for investigation into the prime minister's allegations of fraud.

 

Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko filed a lawsuit Tuesday with the Higher Administrative Court to demand a repeat vote of the second round of the presidential elections, which she lost to incumbent President Viktor Yanukovych by a 48.95 percent to 45.47 percent margin.

 

The court said it would examine evidence Tymoshenko submitted that alleges more than 1 million votes were stolen from her, the Ukraine News Agency reported.

[ . . . ]

Walter Derzko,Smart Economy, Toronto

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Author of the soon-to-be published book- Opportunity 45 Scenarios to Drive Your Business in Challenging Times,  published by J. Wiley and Sons

ISBN13: 978-0-470-73761-3

ISBN10: 0-470-73761-1

Contact us about the Opportunity Clinic workshop and to invite Walter Derzko as a keynote speaker at your next event 

 Subject: Lawmakers Say Tymoshenko To Challenge Ukraine Vote Results

http://www.rferl.org/content/Tymoshenko_Bloc_Will_Act_To_Defend_Fair_Elections/1952698.html

*********************************************************************************************************************

N.B. on a personal note.....Tea witha future Prime Minister of Ukraine, Yulia Tymoshenko,  circa 2002 before the Orange Revolution, or maybe it was just the beginnings... (Hhmmm...I just noticed the colour of  the tea cups & the flowers)