Letter to the Congress of the United States - Political Crisis in Ukraine

Letter

Congress of the United States
House of Representatives
Washington, D.C. 20515
November 24, 2004

The Congressional Ukrainian Caucus (CUC) joins the European Union in urging a full and fair counting of the results of Ukraine's presidential election. The number of abuses reported during the pre-election campaign and on Election Day indicates that the officially declared results may not be accurate.

As Members of the U.S. Congress, we call on our colleagues in Ukraine and urge them to keep the interests of their people in mind. The government is created for the people and their will is the law to civil servants. We urge you to investigate fully all claims of election fraud. We stand with the people of Ukraine and will provide all the support in our power to help them defend their civic rights.

As representatives of the American people we send our greetings to the people of Ukraine and remain humbled by their strength and unity in these difficult and critical times. On behalf of our nation, we would like to express extreme pleasure in seeing that the civic community of Ukraine is very active and that the people of Ukraine conduct their protest in a calm and civilized manner and do not resort to violence. The American people side with the people of Ukraine and support their demands for protection of the basic right to elect leadership in a free and fair manner. You have shown the world that you are a truly democratic nation.

Signed,

CURT WELDON MARCY KAPTUR

Member of Congress Member of Congress

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