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A politician and a whore

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By Nadiya Virna

There were once a whore and politician. She sold her body, he sold his conscience and power. The whore was selling herself for three hundreds bucks, him, he was selling himself for some millions bucks and a term in office. Sometimes, their ways crossed: he was used to buy her flesh. Surely, for public money. It was found out, the state kicked her out in the street, and now, as if to mock at, it offered her some pay.

So they lived. Both of them served: a public service for him, and, say, a specific service for her. 

He was used to serve in the daytime, she was used to serve by night. He was preparing himself to be elected, she was preparing herself to be selected. He worked with electors, she worked with clients. He promised to make everyone happy tomorrow, she made happy someone just now.

…Politician saw in her nothing but a mean whore, someone without any right, someone you could hit or insult. But try only insulting him! He has his immunity. Law is on his side. And she is outlawed, ousted from society. An outlawed more or less, not so important: this is Ukraine, gosh!

PS.17 December, is the day against violence to sex-worker. On the most of European countries prostitution has been decriminalized and legitimized. There, the state surveys continuously prostitution. But, the ours is too hard busy with a political one.

 

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Journalists prohibited from entry by head of divisional election commission in Kyiv
Sunday, 07 February 2010

At electoral constituency # 45 (Kyiv electoral district #218 (Obolon area) the head of divisional commission Hanna Shevchuk denied the journalists for “Tochka opory” (newspaper of Committee of electors of Ukraine) and “Vechirniy Kyiv” daily entry to the polling station. Shevchuk demanded the journalists to present an authorization signed by a lawyer of district election commission as the journalist Dmytro Gnap informed at his blog at Ukrayinska Pravda online edition.

 

Another violation was revealed at this polling station: voting by a group of electors and one of ballot-boxes was hidden beyond the field of vision of observers, journalists and voters.

 

To remind, according to the law on Presidential election, part 9, article 28, the mass media representatives (not more than two representatives from one mass media outlet) have right to attend sessions of election commission, or counting of votes and fixing of results of vote the day of vote or the day of re-voting without any authorization, neither invitation of this commission.

 

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