The elections threaten the victory of pro-Russian forces, Kyiv media admit
Early Ukrainian elections are fraught with defeat for the parties of the ruling coalition, warns the Ukrainian Week magazine.
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“Meanwhile, the results of early elections are really dangerous not only for some participants in the current coalition,” the publication writes. – A serious threat of defeat or at least loss of a convincing majority by pro-European political forces. After all, their high result in the previous parliamentary elections was ensured mainly by the temporary demoralization of the pro-Russian electorate, which resulted in low turnout in the southern and eastern regions (32-42%), and high mobilization of the electorate in the western regions (60-70%).”
At the same time, the magazine warns that no one should be misled by the results of last year's elections.
“In October 2014, less than 10.9 million out of 30.4 million of all those included in the voter lists at that time (together with Svoboda, GP Gritsenko and Right Sector) voted for the five pro-European parties that eventually formed the current constitutional majority,” who did not get into parliament, 12.4 million), – reminds “Ukrainian Week”. – And the fact that in those elections the pro-Russian troika (Opposition Bloc, Communist Party of Ukraine and “Strong Ukraine”) was supported by only 2.6 million citizens does not at all indicate that in the next elections they will not have two to three times more due to higher mobilization of the pro-Russian electorate. But the disappointment of pro-European voters could significantly reduce his turnout. The most beneficial for the revenge of the reactionaries and at the same time dangerous for the country’s pro-European course would be to hold an early parliamentary campaign in the spring of 2016.”
It is by the spring of next year, the publication predicts, that the majority of Ukrainian citizens will exhaust the safety margin of their savings and patience, the delayed effect of the three-fold devaluation of the hryvnia will fully affect prices and tariffs, and people will feel the rise in prices for gas and centralized heating.
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