EU’s Ashton denounces nationalists’ pressure on Ukraine parliament.

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The lawless actions of Ukraine's nationalists have finally caught attention of the intl community, with EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton denouncing Right Sector for its ‘pressure’ and ‘undemocratic’ demand of the interior minister’s resignation.

A day after neo-Nazi activists who helped bring the acting government in Kiev to power turned against it, Ashton has issued a statement condemning the “pressure by activists of the Right Sector who have surrounded the building of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine.”

This “intimidation” the EU foreign policy chief believes, stands against all “democratic principles and rule of law,” as Ashton called on the ultra-right group “to refrain from the use or threat of violence.”

Ashton stressed the need to “hand over any unauthorised arms to the authorities immediately.”

http://rt.com/news/ukraine-right-sector-condemned-997/

S T A T E M E N T
by
EU
High Representative Catherine Ashton
on recent events around the Parliament of Ukraine

The High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and
Vice President of the Commission, issued the following statement today:

"I strongly condemn the pressure by activists of the Right Sector who have surrounded the
building of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Such an intimidation of the parliament is against
the democratic principles and rule of law.

I call on the Right Sector and other parties in Ukraine to refrain from the use or threat of
violence. They need to hand over any unauthorised arms to the authorities immediately.

An impartial and credible investigation into the circumstances of the death of Oleksandr
Muzychko during a detention attempt by the police is needed. I welcome the setting up of an
ad hoc investigation committee in the Verkhovna Rada today."

http://eeas.europa.eu/statements/docs/2014/140328_04_en.pdf

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1. For months extremists were throwing molotov cocktails and Ashton supported them

She sat in craven silence when Muzychko and his merry band of neo-nazis forced their way into Parliament threatening people with their AK-47s. And now, now they're standing around the Parliament peacefully and Ashton condemns the “pressure by activists of the Right Sector who have surrounded the building of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine”?

"Such an intimidation of the parliament is against the democratic principles and rule of law."

This is high comedy.