Oleksandr Moroz Placed Fifth
After receiving a presidential candidate ID card, Oleksandr Moroz gave a news conference. The man looked as though he had just received a boost of adrenaline, so questions and answers were exchanged quickly and the whole thing looked different than on many previous tedious protocol occasions.
Was Mr. Moroz a compound political image incorporating Symonenko and Tkachenko? The answer was to the effect that he was cautious about painting his own image, yet he wanted those viewing it to distinguish color shades, the way one does exploring an impressionistic canvas.
His response to a foreign journalist's question made the journalist laugh, with the rest of the professional audience joining in. Oleksandr Moroz said that it was possible to operate in Ukraine in collaboration with all political rivals except the current President. When queried about candidacies for Ukraine's highest political posts, proceeding from the ultimate national interests, he said, “people like Marchuk, Tkachenko, Valentyn Symonenko, Petro Symonenko, Landyk, Yuri Kostenko, Boris Sobolev, Viktor Suslov, Diomin, Anatoly Matviyenko, and others.” To those questioning this motley selection, he replied (anticipating the audience's reaction, of course): “Matviyenko and Symonenko are from the same Komsomol team.”
Oleksandr Moroz predicts that the Russian leadership will support none of the runners in the presidential race, Leonid Kuchma included: “Their family now bears a grudge against our family.” While in Moscow, he met with the Russian Communist leadership. Back home he said no one in Russia gives a hoot about what is happening in Ukraine; they have their own presidential campaign approaching.
One of the questions posed to Oleksandr Moroz was, “Where would you place Leonid Kuchma if he, his family, and entourage failed to leave Ukraine after the elections? Oleksandr Tkachenko, for one, seems willing to appoint him head of an oblast and show what he has learned over the five years of presidency.”
Mr. Moroz tuned in to the Kuchma appointment game, saying: “From what I know, Mr. Kuchma has convincingly demonstrated his post-presidency plans over the past several months. While visiting Boris Yeltsin in Moscow, he showed his prowess in certain sports and kinds of R&R. As a patron of various gala shows, I think that he could make a decent show biz manager somewhere in Ukraine.”
The Day 's question (“In view of recent events, particularly the court hearings on the municipal elections, would you consider that Surkis and Medvedchuk have got out of the President's control? Or maybe he has learned to keep a poker face, so that no one can tell exactly what he is really after?”) caused the Socialist candidate's prompt reply: “He has learned to control his facial expression so that everyone can understand what or who is behind whatever he says” (laughter from the audience).
Oleksandr Moroz believes the current President's entourage is a problem Mr. Kuchma should solve himself: “He is sentimental and susceptible to outward influences, provided those that are influencing him have something to influence him with” (laughter in the audience).
After receiving a presidential candidate ID card, Oleksandr Moroz gave a news conference. The man looked as though he had just received a boost of adrenaline, so questions and answers were exchanged quickly and the whole thing looked different than on many previous tedious protocol occasions.
Was Mr. Moroz a compound political image incorporating Symonenko and Tkachenko? The answer was to the effect that he was cautious about painting his own image, yet he wanted those viewing it to distinguish color shades, the way one does exploring an impressionistic canvas.
His response to a foreign journalist's question made the journalist laugh, with the rest of the professional audience joining in. Oleksandr Moroz said that it was possible to operate in Ukraine in collaboration with all political rivals except the current President. When queried about candidacies for Ukraine's highest political posts, proceeding from the ultimate national interests, he said, “people like Marchuk, Tkachenko, Valentyn Symonenko, Petro Symonenko, Landyk, Yuri Kostenko, Boris Sobolev, Viktor Suslov, Diomin, Anatoly Matviyenko, and others.” To those questioning this motley selection, he replied (anticipating the audience's reaction, of course): “Matviyenko and Symonenko are from the same Komsomol team.”
Oleksandr Moroz predicts that the Russian leadership will support none of the runners in the presidential race, Leonid Kuchma included: “Their family now bears a grudge against our family.” While in Moscow, he met with the Russian Communist leadership. Back home he said no one in Russia gives a hoot about what is happening in Ukraine; they have their own presidential campaign approaching.
One of the questions posed to Oleksandr Moroz was, “Where would you place Leonid Kuchma if he, his family, and entourage failed to leave Ukraine after the elections? Oleksandr Tkachenko, for one, seems willing to appoint him head of an oblast and show what he has learned over the five years of presidency.”
Mr. Moroz tuned in to the Kuchma appointment game, saying: “From what I know, Mr. Kuchma has convincingly demonstrated his post-presidency plans over the past several months. While visiting Boris Yeltsin in Moscow, he showed his prowess in certain sports and kinds of R&R. As a patron of various gala shows, I think that he could make a decent show biz manager somewhere in Ukraine.”
The Day 's question (“In view of recent events, particularly the court hearings on the municipal elections, would you consider that Surkis and Medvedchuk have got out of the President's control? Or maybe he has learned to keep a poker face, so that no one can tell exactly what he is really after?”) caused the Socialist candidate's prompt reply: “He has learned to control his facial expression so that everyone can understand what or who is behind whatever he says” (laughter from the audience).
Oleksandr Moroz believes the current President's entourage is a problem Mr. Kuchma should solve himself: “He is sentimental and susceptible to outward influences, provided those that are influencing him have something to influence him with” (laughter in the audience).
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№29, (1999)Section
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