Yanukovych needs Kravchuk to legitimize the joys of further rewriting the Constitution. Kravchuk needs Yanukovych to legitimize his inner founding father.
In case you forgot, Kravchuk supported Yanukovych in ‘04, Tymoshenko in ‘10...and now he’s back to basics.
Kravchuk: All presidents come, do something or go as they should, but after President Yanukovych they’ll be saying that no one will ever be willing to change the Constitution.
Yanukovych: Leonid Makarovych [patronymic]...Kravchuk and...he...told me pretty cunningly...how it can be organized, so I made the decision to support this initiative without...so to speak...without revising your proposals, the ones you supplied.
Pidstupno (cunningly), dostupno (clearly)...who cares? It's my way or the highway.
Yanukovych: It’s very important that we have succession, that both our cabinet and the government as a whole...uh...it...work toward the country’s authority.
Authority. Such a sweet word. Tell it to Mubarak once you grant him asylum at Mezhyhirya.
There’s no place like Mezhyhirya...and no corruption like the opposition.
Yanukovych: The 20 years of the existence...of the post-Soviet system, an unknown model, a so-called transition one, laid the foundation for global corruption...in the state. At all levels. [long pause] And when such a strong crushing blow is dealt...to the bureaucratic system, it certainly reacts...with equal force. That’s why today we...see bureaucracy, corruption in Ukraine being covered up with democratic slogans. They’re lying brazenly, twisting the facts...with stolen money, they’re hiring hirelings — in Europe, in America, inside the country [long pause] — ones who rewrite everything they’re...given — that this bureaucracy and this corruption gives them. And they’re disorienting both the world and Ukrainian society.
Mr. President, you look so hot wearing those glasses. They must have gone all steamy from all that hot air.
Please accept this friendly gift from Poland, for free rides across your Mezhyhirya property, the most pristine and uncorrupt place on earth.
And if you need a few extra votes/bucks, you just let your son/IMF know.
