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Yushchenko sets agenda

"Reinforcing his image as a Western-leaning politician who hopes to expand Ukraine's ties to Europe, Yushchenko also said he planned to create a new government agency, the Ministry of European Integration... Moreover, in a sign of the degree to which Yushchenko appears prepared to wrest power from the remnants of Kuchma's government, Yushchenko said he would replace all of the 10 regional governors in eastern Ukraine who had threatened last month to form an autonomous region. Under the Ukrainian Constitution, the president appoints all regional leaders... Yushchenko also suggested that he was willing to prosecute Kuchma, who has been accused of election-rigging, corruption and abuse of state power... And Yushchenko restated his intention to investigate privatization deals he says were rigged by Kuchma's administration to sell state assets at absurdly low prices, particularly that of a metallurgical plant earlier this year to Viktor Pinchuk, the president's son-in law..." Reform is on the way.

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