quinta-feira, 19 de maio de 2005

Noticas da Orange Revolution

Uma das tais financiadas pelo exterior a bem de rodear o quintal da Russia pela Nato, e que o eterno optimista (pelo intervencionismo geo-estrategico permanente, a bem do "Ocidente" - seja la o que isso for num mundo de livre e/imigraçao), Jose Manuel Fernandes apelidou de maior acontecimento da Europa e da liberdade contra nao sei o que ... a oposiçao, pequeno pormenor, acabou por ter 44%. Ironicamente, uma das primeiras decisoes, foi a da retirada do Iraque.

"...the new Ukrainian government of Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, another revolutionary hero, has surprisingly opted for an economic policy that appears to be socialist and populist in nature.

The results have been immediate: Last year Ukraine enjoyed economic growth of 12 percent; in the first four months of this year, the growth rate plunged to 5 percent, while inflation has surged to 15 percent. How could things turn so sour so fast? ...

For months top Ukrainian officials have discussed publicly how many flawed privatization deals should be reversed -- the possibilities range from 29 to 3,000 -- and how this would be done. The government is trying to recover many enterprises through the courts, and it has drafted a broad law that could undo much of Ukraine's privatization.

Meanwhile, the property rights of thousands of enterprises are in limbo. In Kiev, rumors abound that oligarchs connected to the old regime are trying to sell their enterprises to Russian business executives and are preparing to escape the country.

Naturally, executives are cutting off investment, and economic growth is screeching to a halt.To make matters worse, a new socialist minister of privatization has been appointed who opposes privatization in principle.

She asked recently: "What is so bad about re-nationalization?" Tymoshenko concurred in a recent newspaper interview: "The biggest enterprises, which can easily be efficiently managed, must not be privatized, and they can give the state as an owner wonderful profits." WP

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