1、高考资源网（） 您身边的高考专家James BrookeOctober 26, 2012KYIV Vitaly Klitschko stands two meters tall and punches so hard they call him Dr. Ironfist.Now the World Boxing Councils reigning heavyweight champion is fighting a new battle, Ukraines parliamentary elections.We are fighting for what is right, he told a
2、rally audience in Kyiv on Thursday night. We are fighting for ideas - and they are fighting for money. And that is why Im confident that we can build a normal state. The Poles, Czechs, Hungarians and the Georgians could do it. We are Ukrainians, and we can do it too.Klitschko campaigns against the c
3、orruption and for close tie with Europe.Klitschko adds punchKlitschkos party is called UDAR, Russian for punch. Klitschko and Udar are not expected to win by a knockout. But his party has soared in opinion polls to second place, displacing the coalition of Yulia Tymoshenko, the braided diva of the o
4、pposition.But Tymoshenko cannot run. She is in jail, serving a seven-year jail term for abuse of office when she was prime minister.She charges she was jailed on orders of her political rival, President Viktor Yanukovych. Less than three years after winning election, Yanukovych has seen his approval
5、 rating dwindle to 13 percent.But his ruling Party of Regions is expected to get enough votes Sunday to form a parliamentary majority with the Communist Party of Ukraine.A divided oppositionOlexiy Haran, a political scientist with Kyiv Mohyla University, explains why.Its the oppression of freedom of
6、 press, he says. Its the pressure on independent TV channel. Its the pressure on opposition. Its bribery. Its the use of so-called administrative resources, direct interference in the campaign.University student Vyacheslav, 22, says he is going to vote for Tymoshenkos opposition party. I will vote f
7、or Yulia Tymoshenko, because I dont like Yanukoych and his party, and I dont like the political situation in my country he said. And I hope that it will be better in the future.After years of political paralysis and an economy growing this year by only 1 percent, many Ukrainians have lost faith in p
8、oliticians.Julia,27, an office manager, says that some of her friends will vote Sunday against all. Interviewed on Kyivs Maidan square, the site of the 2004 democracy protests now remembered as the Orange Revolution, she said, This year, I dont think that everyone will go for voting, because people were disappointed with our last elections.But looking ahead, many say the electoral performance of Dr. Ironfist on Sunday will give a clear indication of his viability in Ukraines presidential election campaign, two years from now. 版权所有高考资源网
