Moscow, May 27 (Interfax-Ukraine) - Former Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko said he does not rule out the possibility that he will join the list of members of the previous government who are now in custody.
He also has expressed readiness to take the side of former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, but only if the sentence against her is unfair.
"If it is unfair, I will take her side. Today we should primarily be speaking of the publicity of such decisions. When the handling of the case of Didenko, Lutsenko and Pukach is closed to the public, how do they [the authorities] intend to explain to the public how they bring the sentence at a closed trial?" he said in an interview with Korrespondent magazine, part of which was posted on the magazine’s website.
"Why has Didenko been in a pretrial detention facility for a year? Why has the head of the customs service been in such a facility for a year? Why has Lutsenko been behind bars for six months? Who will fall victim tomorrow? Me? Maybe. So if the main thing – confidence in justice – is lacking, the conclusion is immediately drawn that it is political prosecution," Yuschenko said.
