Washington - More than 85,000 people have signed a petition on the U.S. White House Web site to prompt the U.S. administration to impose sanctions on Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych and Ukrainian government members.
The petition has to be signed by 100,000 people before December 26 to be passed for consideration to the U.S. administration.
The petition authors claim that “President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych and his government deny the right of the people of Ukraine to become closer to the Western civilization.”
“We demand to impose personal sanctions on Yanukovych and Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine members unless Yanukovych signs the Ukraine-EU Association Agreement during Eastern Partnership summit in Vilnius, Lithuania on 29 November 2013,” the petition says.
The authors of the petition demand that the sanctions should include but not be limited to a “ban to enter the U.S. and EU for Yanukovych and Ukraine government members families” and “freeze bank accounts of companies affiliated with them.”
As soon as the petition generates 100,000 signatures in its support, it will be sent automatically to the White House for consideration, although the law does not oblige the administration to grant it.
