‘War’ and ‘peace’ factions split Ukraine politics - FT.com
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Since the ceasefire, two camps have materialised – a “party of peace” around President Petro Poroshenko, and the “party of war” associated with Arseniy Yatseniuk, prime minister, and Yulia Tymoshenko, the former premier.
The divisions may partly reflect competing ambitions ahead of the October 26 parliamentary poll, which is intended to sweep away remaining vestiges of the Yanukovich era.
Some even suggest Mr Poroshenko and Mr Yatseniuk are in a calculated “good cop, bad cop” act. They may aim to signal to Mr Putin, who is facing deepening western sanctions and a potential backlash over Russian soldiers’ corpses returning from Ukraine, that he is better to deal with Mr Poroshenko than allow the “war” faction to gain ground.
But the split became concrete last week after Mr Yatseniuk pulled out of talks to stand on the president’s party list in the elections. He unveiled his own “Popular Front” party, including commanders of some volunteer battalions in east Ukraine. These are composed partly of far-right activists who came to the fore when the winter protests turned violent.
Speaking separately at a weekend conference in Kiev, the two leaders differed sharply in tone. Mr Poroshenko admitted the peace process had its doubters. “But from day to day, more people start to believe that we will be successful [on] this very difficult [path],” he said.
Mr Yatseniuk said Ukraine could never trust a Russian president whose “goal is to take the entire Ukraine”.
Intéressante analyse. Une des clés pour expliquer le report de l’application de l’accord d’association avec l’UE ?
Sur les copains d’extrême-droite de Iatseniouk, voir la jolie brochette pointée hier ►http://seenthis.net/messages/293493