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Posted by lesia on April 11, 2000 at 10:55:11:
In Reply to: Our real problems. posted by Yaroslav on April 10, 2000 at 22:37:32:
: I am giving you four problems that our government is trying to make us fight over in order to stir us away from understanding the real situation in country and doing something about it. You may not agree with me and I will not argue. We can prove virtually any point. To hear your opinions would be nice, though.
: Problem # 1. Should we have the referendum?
: Solution: Neither President nor parliament members are competent to serve as such. Their ability to represent people who elected them, conceptions how to improve life in Ukraine and devotion to country are doubtful. Why should we think who of them will have their way with the other or the others? We should think of how can we find and elect people who will really represent us in government or parliament. (Or maybe how to remove wrong people from the power.) The conclusion is that the problem stated above is irrelevant.
: Problem # 2. Should Ukrainian be the only state language?
: Solution: So far The Constitution states that it is. This stays until a large part of Ukrainian population will ask their representative to start legal process of changing The Constitution. For now the problem does not exist.
: Problem # 3. Should we unite with Russia?
: Solution: See solution to Problem 3.
: Problem # 4 Do Europe and US qualify us as democratic country.
: Solution: People do not get wages. Food is scarce. Education, health care, army and industry are in ruins. Until we solve these problems (at least partially) the Europe and US may think whatever they want or can. We ourselves know all the answers.
: Thanks for you attention.
1. With the aksioma that we haven't a best President and Government - who is able to say that you are wrong?! But do you see something best? This, I think, is the illness of all former republics - the kind of Government. Only, perhaps, some of Baltic republics has something really presentable.
2. I think that the lanugage is the answer of the question - do Ukrainians exist? If we haven't our language, who we are? (We aren't one country and one nations with this problem, in Europe there are another people who try to save its language).
3. My very humble answer (of course, there are people, who really understand this better) is - why we must unite with Russia? In which way you see this union? What union with Russia bring to Belarus? In which conditions may be done this union?
4. Hm... you are right. But it is better to be a poor country without death penalty than a poor coutry with it. Isn't so?