Dramatic political events have been taking
place in the world, North Africa and the Middle East in the
recent months. Sudan split into two parts as a result of 20
years of a bloody war. Unprecedented for the Arab world democratic
revolution won in Tunisia. Resulting from a further spread
of public disturbances, one of the long living authoritarian
regimes - the regime of President Hosni Mubarak – collapsed
in the neighbouring Egypt. Demonstrations of protest have
been continuously erupting in the neighbouring North African
and the Gulf states: Algeria, Yemen, Syria, Bahrain, Jordan,
Morocco, Qatar, Oman and Djibouti.
Consequently many Arab countries are on the
verge of a revolutionary outburst. Most of these countries
have had authoritarian regimes for many years already, they
suffer from corruption, unemployment, flagrant social inequality
and arbitrary rule of the governments.
Public protest actions are virtually impossible
there, legal institutions are not developed, opposition suppressed,
democratic freedoms absent and social lifts do not function.
The new generation with a good education which
they obtained free in most of the countries of the region,
higher education inclusive, demonstrate high social and political
activity, but they can not realise their skills in their everyday
life and the economies of their countries. But even in those
countries, where social problems are not so acute and living
conditions are quite passable, as in Bahrain, lack of political
freedoms and dominance of one unchangeable group in government
and discrimination as of religion arouse growth of protest
moods that splash out into the streets.
Muammar Gaddafi in Libya has been toughly suppressing
opposition with the help of regular army and mercenaries neglecting
international condemnation. A number of NATO countries have
interfered into the civil war on the basis of a resolution
adopted by the UN Security Council. This results in growth
of the number of victims in the conflict. Gaddafi’s representatives
continue their military suppression of the opposition, but
nevertheless they are forced to recognize the need of reforming
the country up to revision of the constitution.
YABLOKO’ Political Committee believes
that Russia’s position in the UN Security Council as regards
the developments in Libya reflects a sound view of the situation
there. YABLOKO’s Political Committee supports Russia’s position
in voting of the UN Security Council resolution No 1973 of
March 18, 2011.
Considering the revolutions in the Middle East and North Africa
the situation in Russia arouses growing concern.
The domestic political situation in our country is also characterized
by lack of the basic democratic procedures, and the most important
here are free and fair elections of the governments of all
levels, or heir imitation.
Legal institutions work selectively, opposition is deprived
of legal opportunities to public activities, protests are
toughly suppressed and corruption penetrated the whole of
the so-called “vertical of power”.
Also an authoritarian regime with a dominance of one party
is established in the country.
YABLOKO’s Political Committee proclaiming
that the key goals of the Russian civil society are equality
of the citizens before law, independence of the judiciary,
inviolability of a person and private property, political
and civil freedoms: freedom of thought and speech, freedom
of conscience and assembly, freedom of creative work and fair
elections, warns the government on an urgent need of liberal
political transformations in the country so that to avoid
acceleration of degradation and a collapse of the Russian
political system.
The only solution here can be dismantling of the system created
in 1990s, and this is a more complicated and a deeper process
than merely replacements in the government. That is why we
should begin this work today so that to avoid a collapse tomorrow.
The Russian nation had enough revolutions in the 20th century.
The 21st century should be the era of stable and dignified
life for the citizens!
See also:
Programme
Documents
Modernisation
in Russia
Human
Rights
Regional
Elections 2011
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