Yanukovych says he wants to pardon Tymoshenko, but cannot do that now

I can't act outside the framework of the law… The president does not have such instruments. I have to do everything by the letter of the law," he said

Ha ha ha ha........

How about using a 1961 Soviet law......

How about illiegal piano voting.....

How about ownership and construction costs of your , 'our' , 'shack'.....

How about BSF.....

The illegal changing and stacking of courts/judges.....

Your lies keep spilling from your mouth.....

Your are fooling no one.......as proven by the boycott by EU leaders in coming to zookraine.

Do the right thing,,,,,,and resign.......

A nations leader, is someone who cares more about the citizens welfare and life........then he does about himself.

Clearly,,,,you care nothing about the people; just how much you and your families, the yanuslimeovych clan, and the mafia clan........can steal.

You are a disgrace and an embarassment to the fine people of Ukraine.

And,,,,,,you are no leader,,,,,but a thug and a thief.

why pardon her ?

Good question.

She was "convicted" of a non-crime in a stalinist show trial.

In a sovok mafia state like Zookraine, not only Tymoshenko, but Lutsenko and others were "convicted" of non-crimes in stalinist show trials.

yanusvoloch's comments demonstrate his clearly psychotic dysfunctional attributes.

On the one hand, he accuses Tymoshenko of being involved in the murder of Shcherban.

On the other, he want to pardon Tymoshenko.

These sovok mafia thugs are insane psychotic freaks - and Zookrainians tolerate it!!!!!

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хуй хам пидирас
дякуємо вам Донбас

It is the usual delaying trick of Yanukovych: he is lying to gain a little time. Problem for him: he has played this trick too many times for anyone to believe in them. Only the brainless PoR fanatics are still cheering every bizarre whim of "the president", like this last one: "Tymoshenko is guilty of the Scherban murder, but I want to pardon her". Absolutely ridiculous.

Because the president is a good an decent man who does not hold a grudge like-tymoshenko,Yushchenko.

Aww golly... how about the fact she is innocent of any wrongdoing or crime??? Just ask your hero Putin.

Vitya's probable strategy with political prisoners (especially Yulia Tymoshenko) is not overly complex. 1) Delay trials until it is too late for the political prisoners to enter the new Verkhovna Rada. This could have the added effect of possibly preventing the ECHR from issuing any decrees ordering the release of Tymoshenko in particular. 2) Declare a "humanitarian" release of ploitical prisoners just prior to the elections of the VR so that the general public can see that the President and his Party of Reprobates are "benevolent" people. 3) Sign the new language law to mollify his little russian and Great Russian Chauvinist supporters. The only major problem remaining would be control of the new Verkhovna Rada. If current opinion polls remain constant the Opposition should be able to gain a strong majority in the new VR and as such could stymie any presidential initiatives. The only sure way to prevent this from happening would be through massive fraud and falsifications although this could prove to be very difficult if not impossible by the vitue of the effective presence of signicant numbers of election obsevers from western democracies. In short, Viktor Yanukovych has boxed himself into a no win scenario. No matter what he does he will have venom spewed in his direction (not to mention rotten eggs). He has made his bed and now he will have to sleep in it.

Romand, you are right, Yanukovych is a simple mind and his actions and decisions are guided by primitive instincts and thus are easy to predict. His "strategy" is what you describe, just adding that the plan for securing a majority in the VR is to bribe enough number of MPs to support the mafia/communist alliance. The "prosecutor general" has already assured that political bribing is not a crime, and even the constitutional court has given its "blessing" for MPs to freely switch party after the elections. This "strategy" will lead to further international isolation of Ukraine, increased poverty and social instability, but the only objective for Yanukovych is to stay in power and increase his personal wealth.

1 million % correct

Let the system work if she does not prevail in appeals process the President using proper procedure can pardon the murderous lying thief.

What system?
A 1961 Soviet law.....
And a stalinist show trial?
You're right ,,,,,this is the yanu system.......

But Ukraine is a democratic system.....ha!

See the difference?

Troll.......

The Ukrainian People want to pardon Yanukovych and PoR - but from a look at the opinion polls - cannot do so now!!!

Lies Lies & more lies, stupid fool Yanukovych does not want to free Tymoshenko. 1st he must ask permission from Putin....2nd he is afraid of Tymoshenko, 3 rd he must ask Firtash if its Ok to free Yulia...
Yanucovych go back to Donesk nobody in Europe like you dump fool.

So why pardon Tymohhenko?

I believe the reason to do so is that Yanukovych is looking towards the future: that when his turn comes to meet justice, he can claim he deserves pardon, because he showed pardon to her.