Servants of Pandora

Ukraine's dead-end democracy

Dear colleagues, you and I have seen a lot of cynicism, manipulation and distortion in this Parliament. But, really, I don't think we’ve witnessed anything like today. I think that the Ukrainian people have never seen such a thing.

I would like to remind all those who have now merged in political ecstasy to defend, so to speak, the Rules of Procedure, that, in general, the oldest democracy is the British one, and the strongest democracy is the American one. What will the people who founded modern democracy say? There is a saying in the United States: The will of Congress is supreme.

We are a Parliament with you, friends. We have the right, given to us by the people of Ukraine, to make the decisions we deem necessary. We can change the Rules of Procedure with you. We may, within the framework of the Rules of Procedure, take such decisions as we deem appropriate.

When, dear opponents, you will have a majority - spoiler: you will not have a majority - then you will be able to make your own…