Tymoshenko borde med tanke på hennes tidigare politiska karriär få svårt att uppbåda något förtroende eller någon entusiasm hos aktivisterna som fördrev Janukovitjregimen. Hon försöker i alla fall smickra dem:
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/europe/2014/02/freed-tymoshenko-addresses-ukraine-protesters-2014222211757264587.html
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Tymoshenko, who appeared close to exhaustion, said: "You are heroes, you are the best thing in Ukraine!
"In no case do you have the right to leave the Maidan [Independence Square] until you have concluded everything that you planned to do."
Den temporäre premiärministern liksom inrikesministern är representanter från hennes parti. Den sistnämnde säger:
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The interior ministry responsible for the police said it served "exclusively the Ukrainian people and fully shared their strong desire for speedy change".
"The organs of the Interior Ministry have crossed to the side of the protesters, the side of the people," new Interior Minister Arsen Avakov told Ukraine's Channel 5 TV.
Det blir kanske lite knepigt att iscensätta massakrer på aktivisterna efter sådana utfästelser, men vem vet vad det smutsiga politiska maktspelet kan leda till?
Kyiv Post rapporterar att Janukovitjs f.d. premiärminister Zakharchenko gripits när han försökte fly landet. Man kan fråga sig vad de omkring 3000 så hatade kravallpoliserna gör nu? Gömmer sig, flyr, väntar på bättre dagar under nya skrupelfria och självberikande härskare som vill begagna deras sakkunskap i hanterandet av folkmassor?
Bombastisk retorik av Tymoshenko. Tänk om aktivisterna hon uppmanar till fortsatt vaksamhet och beslutsamhet bestämmer sig för att hon själv är en metastas av den "cancer" hon berömmer dem för att ha avlägsnat?
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/you-have-removed-this-cancer-from-our-country-ukraine-former-prime-minister-yulia-tymoshenko-address es-protesters-in-independence-square-after-release-from-prison-9146851.html
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She urged them to stay on the streets until their “mission” was complete.
“You are the best thing in Ukraine,” she said. “The people who are here, the people who have died here are the heroes. No politician could have done what you have done. You are dressing the wounds of the country, only you can dress them. It is a precious flame burning with morality, strength and power.”
“We will not leave this square until we achieve real change in this country,” she said. “We need an authority which will never allow the country to step back... You should not leave until we have travelled all of the way. Nobody could do what you’ve done, trying to eliminate this cancer, and for this it was important for you to stand at the barricades and face the bullets of snipers. That meant that this nation will never be subdued. I want you to feel your strength so that you can change Ukraine. You can change it. We are inspired to do it.”
Promising to run for president in the coming elections, she said that “no drop of blood that has been spilled will be forgotten” as fireworks exploded over Kiev.
Ms Tymoshenko said: “When I entered Kiev, I could not recognise this city for the burnt-out fires. But what I did recognise was that it’s a different Ukraine, a Ukraine of different people and to everyone who lives in this country and who will live here tomorrow, you’ve given a new us a new country. The people who died here are liberators. The people here were ready to give their lives to their country. This is a sacred place which will always be part of our energy.”
“When I saw a person behind a wooden shield fall and I saw people move to help him, determined not to leave the body on the battlefield, I prayed to be there. There isn’t a greater happiness [than] to be among you now,” Ms Tymoshenko said. “Today we have an open way to build Ukraine the way you want it. You’ve earned this. You don’t have a lot of trust in officials and politicians, so you must stay here until you’ve seen an honestly elected government. Don’t stop. You are the heroes. This is a country of free people. This is your victory. People will have to be accountable for their actions. ”