BRAMA, Nov 23, 2004, 7:00 am ET
Press release

Dear Mr. President - Demand a RECOUNT in Ukraine! Add your name to a letter addressed to George Bush

The letter below will be faxed to the White House TODAY. Send your name and profession to info@shevchenko.org by 1 PM (ET), November 23, 2004.

Dear Mr. President,

During your recent re-election you shared your dream of spreading freedom throughout the world.

On Sunday, a presidential election took place in Ukraine. However, that very cherished aspect of democracy -- the right to vote and to have one's vote counted -- encountered insurmountable roadblocks.

Sentator Richard Lugar reported on Monday: "It is now apparent that a concerted and forceful program of election-day fraud and abuse was enacted with either the leadership or cooperation of governmental authority."

According to Senator Lugar, the Ukrainian presidential election on Sunday was a fraud. It was a mockery of the democratic voting and election process. The Ukrainian people who wanted to taste that freedom that you, Mr. President, are willing to help the world achieve, -- were not given that chance.

As concerned Americans, we ask that you do everything diplomatically possible to have the Ukrainian government arrange for an honest RECOUNT in the presence of international observers.

(SIGNED)

  • Larissa M. L. Z. Onyshkevych, Ph.D., Princeton Research Forum, President, Shevchenko Scientific Society
  • Roman I. Andrushkiw, Ph.D., Professor, New Jersey Institute of Technology
  • George Slusarczuk, Ph. D., Shevchenko Scientific Society
  • Orest Popovych, Ph. D., Shevchenko Scientific Society
  • Swiatoslaw Trofimenko, Ph. D., University of Delaware
  • Martha Trofimenko, LLB, LLM, Independent legal scholar
  • Alexander J. Motyl, Professor, Rutgers University
  • Michael M. Naydan, Professor, Pennsylvania State University
  • Assya Humesky, Professor, Ukr. Amer. Assoc of University Professors
  • Orest Diachok, Ph.D., Shevchenko Scientific Society, D.C.