Yushchenko nominates Orange Revolution foe Yanukovych to be premier
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(3 Aug 2006) 1. Exterior
(3 Aug 2006)
1. Exterior of Presidential Administration Building
2. Wide of Journalist, pan to Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko
3. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Viktor Yushchenko, Ukrainian President:
"I have taken the decision to put forward Viktor Yanukovich for the post of Ukraine's prime minister. I ask the nation to understand this decision. I am well aware of the complexity of that decision both for the east and the west of Ukraine."
4. Journalist taking notes
5. Television cameras
6. Yushchenko walking out of room
STORYLINE:
Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko said on Thursday that he is nominating his former Orange Revolution foe, Viktor Yanukovych, to become prime minister, insisting the decision would help unite the divided nation.
The move puts an end to four months of political uncertainty that was sparked by parliamentary elections in which no party tallied a majority of seats.
"I have taken the decision to put forward Viktor Yanukovich for the post of Ukraine's prime minister," Yushchenko said in an early morning address, two hours after the constitutional deadline formally passed for him to decide on Yanukovych's candidacy.
He said the decision was made after Yanukovych agreed to sign a memorandum on national unity that preserves the president's pro-Western and reformist policies.
The March parliamentary election, in which Yanukvovych's party won the most votes, reinforced the deep divisions in the ex-Soviet republic.
The Russian-speaking east, which looks to Moscow, strongly backed Yanukovych, while many in the Ukrainian-speaking west and central Ukraine warned that a Yanukovych premiership would be seen as a betrayal.
Initially, the three parties that backed the Orange Revolution protests against election fraud put together a coalition, but it fell apart when the Socialists defected.
Yanukovych scooped up the Socialists and the Communists to form a parliamentary majority, which put him forward to be premier.
The decision to name Yanukovych premier marks a stunning comeback for the man who left politics in disgrace after Ukraine's Supreme Court threw out his fraud-marred presidential win in 2004 and Yushchenko won the court-ordered revote.
Yanukovych bounced back in the March election, adopting Western-style campaign tactics as he spent countless months in get-out-the-vote rallies in eastern and southern Ukraine.
He also hired American advisers to sharpen up his image.
Yanukovych has emphasised a softer position in recent days, saying he supports cooperation with NATO, joining the World Trade Organisation and membership in the European Union.
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1. Exterior of Presidential Administration Building
2. Wide of Journalist, pan to Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko
3. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Viktor Yushchenko, Ukrainian President:
"I have taken the decision to put forward Viktor Yanukovich for the post of Ukraine's prime minister. I ask the nation to understand this decision. I am well aware of the complexity of that decision both for the east and the west of Ukraine."
4. Journalist taking notes
5. Television cameras
6. Yushchenko walking out of room
STORYLINE:
Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko said on Thursday that he is nominating his former Orange Revolution foe, Viktor Yanukovych, to become prime minister, insisting the decision would help unite the divided nation.
The move puts an end to four months of political uncertainty that was sparked by parliamentary elections in which no party tallied a majority of seats.
"I have taken the decision to put forward Viktor Yanukovich for the post of Ukraine's prime minister," Yushchenko said in an early morning address, two hours after the constitutional deadline formally passed for him to decide on Yanukovych's candidacy.
He said the decision was made after Yanukovych agreed to sign a memorandum on national unity that preserves the president's pro-Western and reformist policies.
The March parliamentary election, in which Yanukvovych's party won the most votes, reinforced the deep divisions in the ex-Soviet republic.
The Russian-speaking east, which looks to Moscow, strongly backed Yanukovych, while many in the Ukrainian-speaking west and central Ukraine warned that a Yanukovych premiership would be seen as a betrayal.
Initially, the three parties that backed the Orange Revolution protests against election fraud put together a coalition, but it fell apart when the Socialists defected.
Yanukovych scooped up the Socialists and the Communists to form a parliamentary majority, which put him forward to be premier.
The decision to name Yanukovych premier marks a stunning comeback for the man who left politics in disgrace after Ukraine's Supreme Court threw out his fraud-marred presidential win in 2004 and Yushchenko won the court-ordered revote.
Yanukovych bounced back in the March election, adopting Western-style campaign tactics as he spent countless months in get-out-the-vote rallies in eastern and southern Ukraine.
He also hired American advisers to sharpen up his image.
Yanukovych has emphasised a softer position in recent days, saying he supports cooperation with NATO, joining the World Trade Organisation and membership in the European Union.
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