EuroMaidan Revolution
Alexander J. Motyl: President Yanukovych, resign!
Protesters and police clash in demonstrations in Kyiv on Dec. 1. The pro-Europe rallies enter their 14th day on Dec. 4, with no end in sight to the demands that President Viktor Yanukovych resign.
You were elected president of Ukraine in 2010. After several years of ineffective rule by your predecessor, you had a golden opportunity. You could have become president of all the people. You could have committed yourself to promoting the well-being and dignity of the people who elected you. You could have dedicated yourself to setting Ukraine on the path of political and economic reform and European and global integration. You could have promoted democracy, freedom, tolerance, and human rights. You could have served the people selflessly.
