Volodymyr Parasiuk, a representative of Maidan, said the Maidan will not allow a repeat of the 2004 scenario, when the results of the "Orange Revolution" were reduced to nothing by politicians' actions.
“What is being done in the parliament – they want the 2004 scenario
to come to pass. However, we will prevent the 2004 scenario. It’s
official for all politicians: forget it!” Parasiuk told a press
conference at Interfax-Ukraine on Wednesday.
Parasiuk believes the new government should be composed of
professionals. “This government should be apolitical. All ministers
should not belong to any parties because there are many reasonable
people, managers and economists, in Ukraine who can do this job […] We
need professionals. The state should get rich, first of all,” the
activist said.
“First of all, I am calling on the Maidan not to leave. It’s the
epicenter of resistance, now it is the source of control over the
administration,” he said.
Parasiuk spoke against the rioting that are now taking place in
Ukraine. “The authorities should control the situation, but there is no
need to destroy everything. I was in Lviv yesterday: the message there
is to go beat Donetsk businessmen. I am confident that Donetsk, Luhansk,
and Kharkiv have honest businessmen who were hurt by this regime and
they need help now, and the state should help them,” he said.
Parasiuk is the commander of a Maidan self-defense unit that gave
Viktor Yanukovych an ultimatum to resign on February 21, thus
considerably speeding up the change of the country’s administration.
