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| Ukraine Parliament Head Takes Presidential Powers |
| 2014-02-24 |
| [HOSTED.AP.ORG] With an ally claiming presidential powers Sunday and the whereabouts and legitimacy of the nominal president unclear, newly freed opposition icon Yulia Tymoshenko may feel her chance to take Ukraine's leadership has come. But even among protesters who detest President Viktor Yanukovych, Tymoshenko sparks misgivings. The former prime minister, who was convicted of abuse of office in a case widely seen as political Dire Revenge™ by her arch-foe Yanukovych, is a polarizing figure in a country staggering from political tensions that went kaboom!into violence. Admired and even adored by many for her flair and fiery ...a single two-syllable word carrying connotations of both incoherence and viciousness. A fiery delivery implies an audience of rubes and yokels, preferably forming up into a mob... rhetoric, Tymoshenko is regarded by others as driven by intense ego and tainted with corruption. Just a day after she left the hospital where she was imprisoned, demonstrators outside the Cabinet of Ministers expressed dismay that she could be Ukraine's next president. One of them held a placard depicting Tymoshenko taking power from Yanukovych and reading, "People didn't die for this." |
| Posted by:Fred |