Armin-Paulus Hampel
Ukraine Election
AfD Kompakt. July 22, 2019
[Armin-Paulus Hampel is an Alternative für Deutschland Bundestag member from the western German state of Lower Saxony. He is a former television journalist and is currently the AfD’s foreign policy spokesman in the Bundestag.]
[Armin-Paulus Hampel is an Alternative für Deutschland Bundestag member from the western German state of Lower Saxony. He is a former television journalist and is currently the AfD’s foreign policy spokesman in the Bundestag.]
I salute the overwhelming victory in the
parliamentary election of the Ukrainian party “Servant of the People” with a
vote portion of around 42 percent. That is a satisfying signal for which I can
only congratulate the party of President Wolodymyr Selenskyi. His new plurality
in the parliament primarily indicates that he has achieved no one-time victory.
The way now appears clear for an extensive change in Ukrainian domestic and
foreign policy. Especially the new President’s offer of talks to Vladimir Putin
allows one to hope for a peaceful settlement in the conflict zone of eastern
Ukraine. I expect that the western nations will now put no stone in the way of
the new President Selenskyi’s attempt at a settlement solution with Russia. Since
only by negotiations and peacefully can this problem be adjusted in a form
acceptable to both sides.
The Ukrainian election result with the
advance of the party “Servant of the People” under the leadership of President
Wolodymyr Selenskyi is additional evidence of a European-wide rolling away of
the stones of voter suppression of the people.The much-abused, so-called “populist
parties” are there in the not to be overlooked zone of ascent. The old parties
are almost entirely resigned to the remarkable formation of fresh movements
under the leadership of new and cross-over climbers. These are good signs of a
living democracy. Since democracy is nothing other than the “mastery of the time”.
And the time of the old powers is clearly running out.
[Translated by Todd Martin]
