ADtv - Jutawan Petro Poroshenko telah mengangkat sumpah sebagai Presiden baru Ukraine pada satu majlis di Kiev. Beliau memenangi pilihan raya kecemasan pada pusingan pertama pada janji perubahan kerana negara menghadapi krisis politik dan ekonomi besar-besaran.
Poroshenko memberikan sumpah presiden pada hari Sabtu pada majlis yang dihadiri oleh delegasi dari 56 buah negara. Amerika Syarikat, penyokong utama kuasa-kuasa penentang, yang menggulingkan pendahulu Poroshenko ini Viktor Yanukovich dalam rampasan kuasa tentera Februari dan memberi laluan kepada Presiden, diwakili oleh Naib Presiden Joe Biden.
Seorang ahli perniagaan yang kaya dengan aset dalam industri coklat, media dan pem-binaan kapal, Poroshenko tidak asing kepada kerajaan. Beliau berkhidmat dalam Kabinet presiden Viktor Yushchenko dan Viktor Yanukovich, mempengerusikan bank pusat Ukraine dan berkhidmat sebagai menteri luar dan perdagangan menterinya pada masa yang berlainan.
Poroshenko sworn in, but can he steer Ukraine
away from abyss? . . .
Billionaire Petro Poroshenko has been sworn in as Ukraine’s new president at a ceremony in Kiev. He won the emergency election in the first round on a promise of change as the country faces a massive political and economic crisis.
Poroshenko gave his presidential oath on Saturday at an event attended by delegations from 56 countries. The US, the key supporter of the opposition forces, which ousted Poroshenko’s predecessor Viktor Yanukovich in the February armed coup and made way for his presidency, was represented by Vice President Joe Biden.
A wealthy businessman with assets in the chocolate industry, media and shipbuilding, Poroshenko is no stranger to government. He served in the Cabinets of presidents Viktor Yushchenko and Viktor Yanukovich, chairing Ukraine’s central bank and serving as its foreign minister and trade minister at different times.
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Berikutan perasmian Presiden Ukraine baru berjalan untuk menyampaikan ucapan sulungnya di hadapan ahli-ahli parlimen Ukraine. Beliau menghadapi beberapa cabaran sukar, termasuk slaid ke arah perang saudara, kelembapan ekonomi, krisis hutang dan kesinambungan potensi rusuhan awam di Kiev.
Rancangan segera presiden adalah untuk mengadakan pilihan raya parlimen awal di negara ini dan juga di kawasan pada masa ini diselubungi oleh keganasan. Beliau menawarkan pengampunan kepada Ukraine yang tidak bersalah melakukan jenayah serius dan cara bebas daripada Ukraine ke Rusia untuk militia bersenjata, yang Poroshenko digambarkan sebagai "militan Rusia."
Poroshenko juga berkata dia mahu perjanjian antarabangsa yang baru yang akan memastikan bahawa Ukraine dipertahankan ketenteraan oleh negara-negara asing jika integriti wilayahnya terancam, walaupun beliau tidak mengatakan yang mana negara-negara sanggup menawarkan perlindungan seperti itu.
Beliau juga berkata Ukraine mesti meneruskan perjalanan visa bebas dengan Kesatuan Eropah, walaupun ia masih belum jelas sama ada Brussels bersedia untuk memberikan ia. Poroshenko juga berjanji untuk memenuhi janji beliau yang dibuat semasa kempen pilihan raya beliau.
Poroshenko berkempen di atas platform perubahan, berjanji untuk membebaskan negara ini daripada rasuah dan penguasaan oligarki. Tetapi, beberapa Ukraine kaya kini mentadbir wilayah-wilayah dan juga mempunyai tentera peribadi.
Dengan semua sokongan orang ramai dia berjaya naik, dia mungkin mendapati sukar untuk mengekang pegawai dan elit perniagaan, terutama dengan kuasa presiden ber-kurangan oleh pembaharuan perlembagaan dan parlimen yang dikuasai oleh parti saingan pahit, Geografi Tymoshenko.
Following the inauguration the new Ukrainian president proceeded to deliver his inaugural address in front of members of the Ukrainian parliament. He faces several tough challenges, including a slide towards civil war, economic slowdown, debt crisis and a potential continuation of public rioting in Kiev.
The president’s immediate plan is to hold early parliamentary election in the country as well as in the regions currently engulfed by violence. He offered amnesty to Ukrainians not guilty of committing serious crimes and a free way out of Ukraine to Russia for armed militias, whom Poroshenko described as “Russian militants.”
Poroshenko also said he wants a new international treaty that would ensure that Ukraine is defended militarily by foreign nations if its territorial integrity is threatened, although he didn’t say which countries were willing to offer such protection. He also said Ukraine must pursue visa-free travel with the European Union, although it is not yet clear whether Brussels is willing to grant it. Poroshenko also promised to fulfil pledges he made during his election campaign.
Poroshenko campaigned on a platform of change, promising to free the country from corruption and domination of the oligarchs. Yet some of Ukraine’s rich are now governing its provinces and even have personal armies. With all the public support he managed to rally, he may find it difficult to rein in officials and business elites, especially with his presidential authority diminished by a constitutional reform and the parliament dominated by the party of his bitter rival, Yulia Tymoshenko.
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Terdapat juga meragui sama ada Presiden bercadang untuk menunaikan janji kempen pilihan raya. Beliau berjanji untuk menjual aset perniagaannya untuk memastikan integriti peribadi, tetapi dia enggan menjual saluran TV tersebut, yang merupakan salah seorang pengkritik yang paling lantang kerajaan Yanukovich, dan telah membeli sebuah kilang baru sejak membuat janjinya.
Ujian pertama kemerdekaan presiden dan keazaman mungkin akan berurusan dengan wilayah sukar dikawal negara timur, yang diboikot pilihan raya dan mempertahankan diri mereka terhadap tindakan keras tentera Kiev.
Setakat ini Poroshenko telah menunjukkan sedikit niat untuk menggantikan serangan udara dan bendungan artileri di Donetsk dan Lugansk kawasan-kawasan dengan utusan keamanan dan perunding.
Menghentikan pertumpahan darah adalah permintaan utama dari Rusia, yang boleh memilih untuk berhenti menyampaikan gas ke Ukraine tanpa pra-pembayaran, Kiev telah ketinggalan dalam membayar bil-bil untuk bulan.
Moscow bersetuju untuk menangguhkan penutupan sehingga hari Isnin selepas Ukraine meliputi bahagian hutangnya, tetapi ia meninggalkan Poroshenko dgn tarikh akhir menjulang hanya hari lebih awal.
Poroshenko berjanji untuk menandatangani bahagian ekonomi Perjanjian Persatuan EU. Keengganan Yanukovich untuk berbuat demikian adalah mencetuskan bantahan awam yang menggulingkan beliau.
Tetapi pembaharuan dan kerugian menyakitkan dari memutuskan hubungan ekonomi dengan Rusia, yang merupakan sebab untuk bergerak Yanukovich ini, masih ada, dan peluang Poroshenko ini melembutkan pukulan adalah lebih langsing sekarang, dengan kemelesetan menendang di dalam dan kredit dari IMF, Amerika Syarikat & EU jauh dari terjamin.
Poroshenko beralih ke Rusia dalam ucapan perasmian, menangani penduduk Donbass. Janji untuk melindungi hak-hak Rusia-pembesar suara. - Leonid Ragozin (@ leonidragozin) [Poroshenko switches to Russian in the inauguration speech, addressing Donbass residents. Promises to protect rights of Russian-speakers - Leonid Ragozin (@leonidragozin) June 7, 2014]
There is also doubt over whether the president intends to deliver on his election campaign promises. He pledged to sell his business assets to assure personal integrity, but he refused to sell his TV channel, which was one of the most vocal critics of the Yanukovich government, and has bought a new factory since making his promise.
The first test of his presidential independence and determination is likely to be dealing with the country’s unruly eastern provinces, which boycotted the election and are defending themselves against Kiev’s military crackdown. So far Poroshenko has demonstrated little intention to replace air strikes and artillery barrages in Donetsk and Lugansk regions with peace envoys and negotiators.
Stopping the bloodshed is the main demand from Russia, which may choose to stop delivering gas to Ukraine without pre-payment, as Kiev has been behind in paying its bills for months. Moscow agreed to postpone the shutdown until Monday after Ukraine covered a portion of its debt, but it leaves Poroshenko with a deadline looming just days ahead.
Poroshenko pledged to sign the economic part of the EU Association Agreement. Yanukovich’s refusal to do so was the trigger of the public protest that ousted him. But the painful reforms and losses from severing economic ties with Russia, which were the reason for Yanukovich’s move, are still there, and Poroshenko’s chances of softening the blow are even slimmer now, with recession kicking in and credit lines from the IMF, the US and the EU far from assured.
Stopping the bloodshed is the main demand from Russia, which may choose to stop delivering gas to Ukraine without pre-payment, as Kiev has been behind in paying its bills for months. Moscow agreed to postpone the shutdown until Monday after Ukraine covered a portion of its debt, but it leaves Poroshenko with a deadline looming just days ahead.
Poroshenko pledged to sign the economic part of the EU Association Agreement. Yanukovich’s refusal to do so was the trigger of the public protest that ousted him. But the painful reforms and losses from severing economic ties with Russia, which were the reason for Yanukovich’s move, are still there, and Poroshenko’s chances of softening the blow are even slimmer now, with recession kicking in and credit lines from the IMF, the US and the EU far from assured.
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