What the Mainstream Media isn't telling you about the situation in Kiev.

[MattSh]

60. I'm not sure I would classify it as a revolution, not in the classical sense...

A real revolution would trash the current system for something different. This is not that. The opposition want some cosmetic changes in the current system, specifically removing certain powers from the president and giving it to parliament. Most of the time after independence, the President was at the top of the political system. This changed for Yushchenko after the Orange Revolution, becoming more of a parliamentary system, but Yushchenko often acted like he still had those powers, with little complaint from parliament. More power went back to the president officially in 2010. The opposition now says they do not want the president to have these powers, but should they take over the government, my guess is that they'll be singing a different song.

Many cynics over here now describe the Orange Revolution as a time when power was transferred from one group of gangsters to another group of gangsters. None of the three main opposition leaders inspire much confidence in me.

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