The Orange Revolution is Back on Track

Fire of Liberty

Well, it seems that after several months of negotiations the three political parties in Ukraine who helped bring about the Orange Revolution in 2004 have finally drawn up the composition of the new government and selected Yulia Tymoshenko as their new PM. It's rather nice that the government has decided to go the path of freedom and democracy. While Tymoshenko and Ukrainian PM Yushchenko might have been at odds with each other earlier this year (He dismissed her over a conflict of opinion) they are a better match than a PM and rather joining ranks with Victor Yanukovich's pro-Russian party that would add un-needed vinegar to the spirit of the Orange Revolution thus creating havoc for Ukraine's further embrace west. All in all the selection of Tymoshenko as the PM of Ukraine is a right step down the road to becoming a more liberal society(the classical sense - democracy, pluralism and freedom of thought). So congrats go out to Yulia Tymoshenko and the people of Ukraine.