32Mykhailo Syrota: “There’s a whore-house in Odesa with 3 and 6-year old children. How can a deputy without immunity expose it?”
March26200815:45
“There’s a whore-house in Odesa where 3 to 6-year old kids are used as prostitutes. Officially, it is called the Zhemchuzhyna orphanage and in which 60 boys and girls live. They are regularly raped by adult clients. Who provides a cover for it? - The law-enforcement agencies. I have to do something about it. A have a 6-year old grandson, and when I think that my grandson can be one of them, I can kill the criminals with my bare hands. Now they tell me that vice is easier to be dealt with when my deputy immunity from prosecution is lifted. But a lawmaker must be protected against coercion and harassment from anyone, law-enforcement including,” Mykhailo Syrota of Lytvyn bloc and leader of the Labor party of Ukraine, said in his March 25 press conference in Lviv held at the ZIK information agency. -In his opinion, if the immunity is lifted, deputies will not be able to stand by the interests of the people. “If you begin to oppose criminals, you will be destroyed, to say the least,” Syrota said.
“There’s a clichй calling, ”let’s harmonize deputy immunity with European standards.” One cannot argue with it. But the deputy immunity is present in Europe even more than in Ukraine. For instance, a deputy in Slovakia cannot be arrested until his death. To prosecute a Swedish deputy, 5/6th of the legislature support is needed. In civilized countries, it is the parliament that curbs corruption in state power,” the lawmaker noted.
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i did not ask for your opinion, nor do I want it. Clearly you missed the point of my last two postings or you wouldn't just be continuing to whine about the mean people who don't like you. If you have no meaningful, on-topic commentary to add, then stop typing. I will not allow you to pull me into these stupid games and will not respond to your postings further unless they refer only to the topic at hand which, in this case, is child rape & prostitution within Ukraine orphanages. May I suggest you find a different hobby that doesn't include trying to turn every discussion into your own personal soapbox of venom?
Of course, the orphan-whorehouse story that prompted all of this conversation is horrific, but I'm referring to the disgracefully childish postings written as supposed "comments" on the story.
How infantile and petty do people have to be to put their own personal problems with each other on display like this. Worse still, to undermine and pollute such important information as that provided by Mr. Syrota with such sorry behavior serves only to make everyone involved in trying to get the important message of Human Rights abuses out look like two year old morons.
Please, stop making the rest of us look bad, keep your schoolyard games to yourselves, and leave the grownups to try to help raise awareness of the problems in Ukraine's adoption system.
Come on folks - let's all put on our big boy pants and get back to the business at hand.
Nestor, you started your comments by mentioning "there was a couple of self appointed Human Rights Activists/foreign expats...".
You wrote those words in such a way that it sounded like "self-apponted Human Rights Activists" belong on a par with Jeffrey Dahmer or Charles Manson. Speaking only for myself, I'd have to say that if more people stepped outside of their own petty needs and wants for a while and appointed themselves as "Human Rights Activists", we'd live in a much nicer world and you and I would have far fewer social problems to talk about.
You should be addressing your concerns to the various International Welfare agencies.
A couple of years ago there was a couple of self appointed Human Rights Activists/foreign expats from the US and UK masquerading as directors of a People Centred Economic Development company who claimed that Ukrainian Orphanages were Death Camps or Children and alleged that the Ukrainian authorities were engaged in a policy of genocide and mass murder of unwanted children.
When challenged to substanciate their allegatsons ad provide evidence, which they claimed they had in their possession, they failed to do so.
Not one International accredited welfare agencies backed their ill-considered claims and allegations. Allegations that caused more harm the good.
Independent review revealed that they were in fact trying to pump the internet and draw attention to their dubious business plans which they claimed would generate profits that would then be used to help fund Ukrainian Orphanages. There where numerous flaws in their proposals not the least was the economic vilbility of the project. They were effectively a private company that was registered in Ukraine (without a valid registered address, office or asserts). They claimed they had the support of US Aid. Correspondence to US Aid offices in Ukraine failed to substantiate any of the claims they made US Aid had no knowlegde or associatio with the directrios or thir company. They were effectively trying to present themselves as being a private charity organisation whilst seeking to subvert the regulations and public controls that ormally govern charitable organizations.
Yes Ukraine's Orphanages are under funded but as many welfare workers have attested they are not death camps and the Ukrainian authorities and welfare workers are not engaged in policy of genocide and mass murder of Children.
Sadly Ukraine is open to misuse and abuse by foreign "snake skin" merchants posing as human rights advocates.
There is little or insufficent policing of regulations governing and monitorig foriegn NGO's operating in Ukraine's welfare sector.
I am not saying that your concerns are fraudulent, as others have proven to be, but caution and due diligence are advised.
Any complaints and concerns should be backed up by hard evidence and referred to the appropriate welfare agencies. Everychild (http://everychild.org) is one such agency that you might like to contact.