on current government efforts
to eliminate the European Party of Ukraine
Given the systematic obstruction of our political power we have to declare the current government efforts to eliminate the European Party of Ukraine. The last argument in favor of this proposition was an attempt of Desnianska Tax Inspection of Kyiv through the court decision to eliminate one of the most numerous and branching of regional organizations of our Party – Kyiv branch.
Last month we reported about the incident around the premises of State company “Inturs-Kyiv” leased by our party in Hospitalna Street, which is until now hasn’t been resolved. All our attempts to resolve the dispute in the legal field were unsuccessful.
Now on the surface is last year’s conflict between our political force and tax officers, which takes a new turn. This is despite the fact that last year the Kyiv District Administrative Court rejected the tax office, and in January this year the claim was not satisfied at the Kyiv Appeal Administrative Court. The government deliberately seeks to eliminate the Kyiv regional organization, headed by an opposition deputy in the Kyiv Regional Council Dmytro Ratnikov. Probably it did not like political activities of other members of district councils of Kyiv region, who were elected on lists of the European Party of Ukraine and come out with harsh criticism of local officials.
Another evidence of pressure on the party leaders was the prosecutor’s examination of the companies owned by the Head of the Volyn regional organization of the European Party of Ukraine, deputy of the town council Olena Holyeva. Recently she was forced to address with a letter to the Party Leader Mykola Katerynchuk asking for protection against arbitrary and anti legal inspections by the tax police due to her business. By the way, in Volyn region Olena Holyeva is widely known by her principled opposition activity.
Given the above, we reasonably argue about the facts of systemic oppression and obstruction of certain party members and political force in general.
Along with this we declare the continuity of the course chosen by us and assure opponents about non acceptance of those actions and decisions of the authorities which adversely affect the welfare of citizens or do not provide adequate protection of their rights and freedoms. Any attempt to impede the free and democratic development of the state through the use of force by authorities of different quality “influences” will always have a strong resistance and a sharp negative assessment of the European Party of Ukraine.
Leader of the European Party of Ukraine Mykola Katerynchuk