The FEG and the Party of Regions.

The Foundation for Effective Governance was founded in 2007 by Rinat Akhmetov, one of the richest people in Europe. He also has been financing the Party of Regions and was a sponsor of Yanukovich's presidential campaign in 2004. The FEG has been working for a year and a half now on a plan to support our economic development. Its leaders have even invited several analysts from the West to help them create this plan, a plan that we haven't seen to this day. And of course, even here the FEG needed help, because they just don't have enough brains to create a plan on their own. And suddenly, the Western idea is not bad at all.. Let's not forget their pro-Russian course. Why don't they consult with Putin then, since it will be his decisions to them that will influence our country's future if Yanukovich wins the upcoming election this fall? Most of the people don't even know that this foundation exists to begin with. All there is to it is a strategy, a strategy of getting the vote of those confused pro-Western supporters.
The time has come when the Ukrainian people have had enough of Yushenko and his radical pro-Western ideology, which has led us nowhere. It turned out that what seems to be 'right' does not always turn out for the best. The Orange coalition has failed, leaving a strong feeling of disappointment among its supporters, a disappointment that is now turning into anger. Once again, we can clearly see that our government does not care about its people. All they do is a constantly fight among each other for power and money. Their ignorance and failure to act when most needed, their unspeakable act of refusing to unite and work in order to pass laws at the beginning of the crisis, was a slap in the face of our nation. The Orange Revolution has turned out to be a disappointment.
On the other hand, we have Yanukovich and the Party of Regions, who with Putin's support found an ideal time to try to destabilize our government even more. I am referring to the gas conflict that accured in the beginning of 2009. I want to point out, as well, that in order for us to grow economically, we need a leader. Yanukovich is not a leader. Yanukovich is a 'peshka' in Putin's hands. And what ideas did the 'Regions' bring? They want to fight corruption? I doubt that, since they are one of the most corrupt parties in the Parliament. They want to divide our country into regions, passing laws that are needed for each particular region in order to fight corruption. This is a dangerous proposition. It is dangerous because we are going to see even more corruption if the laws differ from one part of Ukraine to the other. I believe that in order to fight corruption, you have to start to clean up the entire country at once. It will take a long time, but it is not impossible. Maybe if our children do not have to deal with corruption from the first grade, and our education system gets rid of 'the diploma for money' system, we will have some chance to see the light in the future for our children.
The election is coming up in October and when the time comes for us to make a decision, we have to make sure that it is not driven only by frustration. It has to be a well thought out, rational decision. We should ask ourselves where we want to see our children in the future. What have we been fighting for? What are we fighting for now? Don't we deserve a decent government that will think about its people and our country's future? We are not weak, we are just too corrupt. And in order to fight corruption, once again, we need to have a leader, a leader that will think of a ten-year plan and will not make another mistake by creating temporary programs that won't bring any significant change. I think it would be a mistake to run blindly from one side to the other. We don't have many options and it is clear that we will have to choose between Tymoshenko and Yanukovich. I think what we need now is to take a neutral position, to work with Russia, but not to fall under Putin's dictatorship. That is only going to be possible with Tymoshenko in power. For now we just don't have any other option. While staying neutral and forgetting about NATO, we could still try to work with the EU on our economic development and possibly raise our competitiveness on the European market. Let's think twice and not forget our values.