Democracy Gone Astray

Democracy, being a human construct, needs to be thought of as directionality rather than an object. As such, to understand it requires not so much a description of existing structures and/or other related phenomena but a declaration of intentionality.
This blog aims at creating labeled lists of published infringements of such intentionality, of points in time where democracy strays from its intended directionality. In addition to outright infringements, this blog also collects important contemporary information and/or discussions that impact our socio-political landscape.

All the posts here were published in the electronic media – main-stream as well as fringe, and maintain links to the original texts.

[NOTE: Due to changes I haven't caught on time in the blogging software, all of the 'Original Article' links were nullified between September 11, 2012 and December 11, 2012. My apologies.]

Friday, December 13, 2013

Ukraine Protests: Court Releases All Demonstrators Arrested During Violent Police Crackdown

KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — A leader of the massive anti-government protests in Ukraine's capital says opposition members will attend roundtable talks with President Viktor Yanukovych in order to push their demands for early elections.

The announcement by Vitali Klitschko came about 30 minutes before the talks, which also include religious, student and labor representatives, were to begin.

The opposition previously had rejected an invitation to the talks.

Klitschko said Friday that "We can get out of the crisis only through a change of power. We are demanding early elections for parliament and the president, and we are going to the roundtable with these demands."

Original Article
Source: huffingtonpost.com/
Author: AP
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