Ukrainian nationalist Freedom party declared its readiness for the mass protests

Oleg Tyagnybok, leader of the Freedom Party

The head and the leader of the Ukrainian ultra-right nationalist Svoboda (Freedom) Party Oleg Tyagnybok stated in his speech during the press-conference held in Kyiv on Monday, 29 October, that his political party is ready to organize the mass protests in case of the mass violations and falsification of the elections’ results.

“We are living for us the right to call for the mass protests and demonstrations if the elections results will be violated and false”, said Oleg Tyagnybok.

According to the words of the Freedom Party leader the highest level of mobilizing the people for the possible protests is in Kyiv, where the Freedom Party has got the leading positions on several polling stations, as showed the results of the exit-polls.

In addition to that Oleg Tyagnybok stated that the revolutions do not begin because of  someone’s wish, the voters, so the citizens themselves should be ready for such actions.

It’s worth mentioning here, that Ukrainian authorities banned with the special order any mass protests and demonstrations in Kyiv till the middle of November 2012.

The ratings of the Freedom party demonstrate the radicalization of Ukrainian society

The logo of the Svoboda (Freedom) Party

The experts say that the results of the exit-polls and the preliminary results of the Ukrainian elections show the radicalization within the Ukrainian society and the strong need of the oppositional forces.

Kostyantyn Matvienko, the expert of the strategic consulting group, also says that the results of the nationalist Svoboda (Freedom) Party mean that the society’s moods became more radical. It could be the reaction on the so called “Kharkiv agreements”, the propositions to give the Russian language the status of the second state’s language etc. Another factor is that the voters became more strategic. As there is obvious that the United Opposition Homeland and the UDAR party will get the seats in the Parliament, it is necessary to vote for the Freedom Party for increasing of the “Ukrainian element”. That’s why so many voters gave their voices to the Freedom Party, according to Mr. Matvienko’s statements.

As for the UDAR party of Vitaly Klitchko, said the expert, the party didn’t mobilize enough its potential voters. The majority of the UDAR voters are young, and it would be useful to organize the special electoral campaign targeting the youth, but it was not done.