Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko has said he is confident that the establishment of democratic reforms during the first term of his presidency will help him with the upcoming presidential elections.
“I plan to win [the presidential elections],” the presidential press
service quoted him as commenting on his participation in the upcoming
elections in an interview with the U.S. news agency the Associated
Press on Tuesday.
Yushchenko also commented on changes that had been made in the country in the last four years.
“I have done some things I can be proud of. In the last four years
our GDP grew 7 to 7 1/2 percent [annually]. … We made considerable
social changes. We took care of orphans. … Unemployment is the lowest
of the 18 years of our independence. Living standards are the best in
18 years. We’ve instituted free speech, free press, free elections,” he
said.
