The text of Yushchenko’s parallel gov’t issues first decrees

Nov 26, 12:44

(Post Staff and Wire Reports)
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Viktor Yushchenko on Nov. 25 announced three decrees adopted by the National Salvation Committee (NSC), which he heads.

The NSC is not recognized under the Constitution, which says the acting president exercises power until his successor assumes office, and presidential powers can be terminated only on account of incapacitation, impeachment or death.

The text of the document reads:

NSC decree #1:

On the renewal of democracy in Ukraine

Being governed by the Constitution of Ukraine, which declares the people as the only source of power in Ukraine, relying on the will of the people of Ukraine, Ukrainian citizens of all nationalities,

- having taken into consideration the fact that the President of Ukraine Leonid Kuchma has not fulfilled his duties as the guarantor of state sovereignty, the Constitution of Ukraine, citizen's human rights and freedoms,

- having taken into consideration the fact that the prime minister of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych has not carried out the obligations laid upon him and the Cabinet of Ministers but chose to falsify the presidential election in Ukraine and administered the falsification process,

- having established that the CEC, headed by Kivalov, was engaged in falsifying the results and became the instrument of the violation of the will of the people of Ukraine,

- acting under conditions of mortal danger hanging over the democracy in Ukraine,

- in light of the falsification of the will of the people of Ukraine during the presidential election in Ukraine and in order to defend the real results of the people's will, expressed during the second round of the presidential election on Nov. 21, 2004,

- opposing attempts by criminal clans to usurp state power in Ukraine,

- defending the right of today's and the future generations of Ukrainian citizens to live free, prosperous, and deserving lives,

- having the support of the local self-governing bodies and of tens of millions of citizens of Ukraine,

The National Rescue Committee of Ukraine has decreed:

1. To create a national agency for defending the Constitution of Ukraine - the National Rescue Committee.

2. To make the National Rescue Committee responsible for the socio-politic situation in the country, defense of the Constitution of Ukraine, of the state sovereignty of Ukraine, of human rights and freedoms.

3. To call on the people of Ukraine of all nationalities to come to the aid of the Constitution of Ukraine.

4. The decree comes into force upon its announcement and functions until the complete restoration of democracy in Ukraine.



NSC Decree No.2:

On the make-up of the National Rescue Committee

In order to ensure the organizational and political protection of the constitutional rights of the citizens of Ukraine, to defend the results of the people's will expressed in the second round of the elections, prevent the usurpation of power in Ukraine by criminal clans, and being guided by the support of the people of Ukraine, expressed by people of all Ukrainian regions, the necessity for ensuring normal vital functions of all the objects of the social sphere and for preserving public order in the state, I decree:

1. To approve the composition of the National Rescue Committee, numbering 30 persons.

2. To announce the names of the Committee members via mass media.



NSC Decree No. 3:

On the make-up of the executive committee of the National Rescue Committee

In order to ensure the execution of the National Rescue Committee decisions and to organize its activities, I decree:

1. To establish the executive committee of the National Rescue Committee.

2. To appoint 15 members of the Committee.

3. To appoint Oleksandr Zinchenko the head of the Committee.



NSC Decree #4:

On ensuring public peace in the country

In order to ensure public peace in the country and to protect the lives of the people of Ukraine, I decree:

1. To establish the "National self defense" organization.

2. To make the "National self defense" responsible for ensuring law and order within the country along with the Internal Defense organs of Ukraine and the SSU.

3. All members of the enforcement institutions that cross over to the side of the people are uncharged of the breach of oath or of carrying out the orders of their superiors that contradict the law.