Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov has said that the Ukrainian authorities are ready to eliminate all mistakes in the election procedure pointed out by international observers, and warned against speculation over some observers' critical statements.
“We are grateful to the international observation missions for their
assistance in the development of democracy in Ukraine. We are ready to
eliminate the mistakes pointed out by observers,” he said while opening a
meeting of the Ukrainian government in Kyiv on Wednesday.
“At the same time, I would like to warn against speculation about
critical statements that were made by various observers and which some
political forces are trying to use to discredit the Ukrainian people’s
vote,” he said.
The premier said that millions of Ukrainians saw with their own eyes
that the elections were fair and some politicians’ intention to
discredit the elections were connected only with the fact that the
Regions Party “confidently won a difficult and open election battle.”
“Careless critics of Ukrainian democracy want to cast doubt on the
choice of millions of our citizens. But all these millions of people saw
the truth with their own eyes – the elections were fair. Several dozen
and even hundreds meticulously uncovered violations do not disprove this
fact,” Azarov said.
He added that the Regions Party had won the parliamentary elections in compliance with the Ukrainian legislation.
