Crimean news 57.
(Mass Media survey for 8-14 May 2000).
(All
the material is given in an abridged form).
The President is interested in
creating good accommodations for the Crimean Tatars.
Some words about the election of
Kurultay 4 delegates.
International conference in Yalta
is over.
Sevastopol may become an
international trade port.
“Let this name be a symbol of
national unity”.
Politics.
The President is interested in creating good
accommodations for the Crimean Tatars.
They
discussed problems related to the Crimean Tatars' accommodation and returning
to Ukraine at the first sitting of the Crimean Tatar representatives' Council.
They paid a special attention to the problem of giving land to the Crimean
Tatars in the process of land division in Ukraine. The President will give
corresponding orders on solving the problem of taking Crimean Tatars' interests
into account during the process of land division according to the results of
the Council sitting. The orders will include terms of their implementation and
specific executives. Mejilis representatives didn't propose to stop land
privatization in the Crimea. Crimean Tatars' leadership emphasized that it was
interested "in keeping peace and citizenry calm in the autonomy".
They also added that " the land problem wouldn't prevent it".
During
the meeting they also discussed the problems of Ukraine's and CIS* foreign
relationship in solving the problem of the Crimean Tatars' returning. Crimean
Tatars' representatives reminded that the term of the agreement reached by
Ukraine and Uzbekistan, which had simplified the procedure of giving up the
Uzbekistan citizenship by the Crimean Tatars had ended by the end of 1999. The
President of Ukraine ordered the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to hold
negotiations with Uzbekistan representatives on the necessity of prolongation
this agreement and prepare analogous projects of agreements with other CIS
countries, where the Crimean Tatars are returning from.
They
also discussed the problem of the Crimean Tatars' studying at higher
educational establishments, the problem of creating a bank, where the foreign
facilities, aimed for the Crimean Tatars' accommodation would come.
The
Council of the Crimean Tatars' representatives was created in May 1999. It is a
consulting-and-deliberating organ with the President of Ukraine. It includes
Mejilis members, leaders of President's administration, government and
Parliament of the Crimea.
Interfax-Ukraine,
"Krimskiye Izvestiya", #86 (2090), 13 May 2000, p.1.
Our information: CIS* - The Commonwealth of Independent
States, which includes almost all former republics of former USSR.
The
problem of repatriates' accommodation and their integration into the Ukrainian
community has two main aspects - the politico-lawful and an economic one. It
has become one of the most urgent problems to be solved after the Parliamentary
hearings in Verkhovna Rada and recommendations, which had been adopted. So,
what is more important: social accommodation of 260 thousand Crimean Tatars,
who have got no place to live after they returned to the Crimea or legislative
registering of their status in order to plant their roots, which were
forcefully taken out more than 50 years ago?
-
I wouldn't divide these two spheres - politico-lawful
an economic, because they are in the same plane, - believes Refat Chubarov,
deputy of Ukraine. The absence of lawful regulating extremely decreases the
efficiency of practical measures on accommodation of people who are returning.
-
Suppose,
the law of the status of the native nation will be adopted. Will it add any
money to the budget?
-
On the one hand there is an approach that the present
legislation provides total equity of all citizens and there is no need to
change anything. It's formally true. But the real life proves that the absence
of balancing mechanisms based on law doesn't allow providing the equity of
these rights. I've analyzed the staff composition of Crimean executive power
and the apparatus of representative power. There is only one Crimean Tatar
official, working as a translator in the secretariat of the Crimean Verkhovna
Rada. The chairman may say that he chose people according to their
professionalism. But why should he look for professionals among his ethnos
only? That's why we need balancing mechanisms, which would enable Crimean
Tatars' integration into the organs of power. As for me, the most suitable
variant is creating a proportional (non-ethnic) principal of electoral system,
so that national-and-cultural societies and organizations could propose their
candidates in accordance with it. Say, Kurultay would propose its list and
could get 12 mandates in the Crimean Parliament.
-
Will
it be necessary to introduce any changes into the Constitution of the autonomy
in order to begin the proportional principal?
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Defining of the electoral system is not regulated by
the Constitution, but by some other norm-and-lawful acts.
-
The
recommendations of Parliamentary hearings on repatriates' problems mention
developing of the law project of Ukraine about concept of state
ethnic-and-national policy. Do you think it's necessary to adopt a law about
the Crimean Tatars' status in addition to this?
-
The concept of ethnic-and-national policy must
establish principal state approaches to solving national problems in Ukraine in
the whole. And the law projects, related to the Crimea must be apart of them.
-
What
is your opinion on giving land to the repatriates?
-
I certainly disagree with those who say that the
problem of land division is pulled into the political sphere on purpose. It is
a political sphere. There are enough reserves in order to give land to the
repatriates in accordance with law. I think that the land division has been
held extremely unfair in relation to some categories of Ukrainian population.
And if we take into account the specialty of the Crimea then the unfairness
doubles. Moreover, 70% of the repatriates have settled down in the rural zone
after they had returned to the Crimea. I've made analysis in my surroundings.
49% of non-Crimean Tatar adults take part in land privatization and only 7% of
the Crimean Tatar adults take part in it.
-
By
the way, how will May 18 be held this year?
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Why are you so frightened of May 18? Why does the
Crimean powers blame Crimean Tatars for worsening of the health resort season
and absence of considerable investors? But I hear some other thing:
non-stability of the leadership, its political speciality…
Yelena Gornaya,
"Krimskaya Gazeta", #84 (15940), 12 May 2000, p.1-2.
Some words about the election of Kurultay 4
delegates.
The
next in turn sitting of temporary Working group for developing "Conditions
on electing the delegates of the Crimean Tatar nation's Kurultay 4" was
held in the Crimean Tatar nation's Mejilis on May 5.
Some
projects of electoral system were proposed for consideration of the working group.
They adopted the method of discussing and making decisions on separate points
of the electoral system. They made the following decision: all the Crimean
Tatars, who are citizens of Ukraine can take part in the electoral campaign of
Kurultay delegates. They will elect 250 deputies- 200 of them will be elected
by the majority system and the rest 50 deputies will be elected by proportional
system.
R.Abdulkadirov, "Golos
Krima",#20 (339), 12 May 2000, p.1.
International conference in Yalta is over.
The
international conference "Yalta-2000. The role of Europe in the
century" has finished its work. Scientists, politicians, parliament
members, and journalists from 22 countries discussed topical problems, worrying
all the Europeans during three days. They made a special focus on the role of
Ukraine in Europe, Ukraine's relationships with European countries and its role
it will soon have to play.
"Krimskoye
Vremya", #84 (951), 12 May 2000, p.1.
Land reform and social sphere.
Crmean
Tatars’ meeting-protest was held in the village Kizil Chokrav (Red Field) of
Chernomorskiy district. Their main demands were as follows: re-division of
lands belongings to the Collective Agriculture Enterprises (CAE) and fair land
division in accordance with The Land Code of Ukraine, solution of problems
related to water and gas providing, building roads, restoration of historical
toponimics and forbidding to divide lands, which are the historic sacred places
of the Crimean Tatars. The village leadership was proposed to initiate the
problems of land re-division and giving land to the representatives of all
categories of rural population including Crimean native nation – the Crimean
Tatars.
Veli Ibragimov, “Golos
Krima”, #20 (339), 12 May 2000, p.3.
Economics.
Sevastopol may become an international trade
port.
Sevastopol
is the most favorable place for establishing a foreign port. This was the
decision of European bank of reconstruction and development consulting group
after it had made an expert evaluation of dynamic characteristics of transport
streams in the Black Sea region. Coastal infrastructure of fish, passenger and
trade ports, oil terminals and moorings for military ships of high reliability
has been formed in Sevastopol.
Interfax-Ukraine, “Krimskiye
Izvestiya”, #86 (2090), 13 May 2000, p.1.
Major events.
“Let this name be a symbol of national unity”.
The
name of a glorious Crimean Tatar son, legendary pilot Amethan Sultan has been
immortalized in Simferopol. The city municipality has decided to name one of
Simferopol squares after the respected pilot-fighter, the winner of State
premium of the USSR colonel Amethan Sultan (1920-1971). He was also given a
name of a “Respected Crimean dweller”.
The
solemn measure, devoted to immortality of hero’s name began with a prayer.
Amethan Sultan died 29 years ago when testing a new plane. They’ll celebrate
his 80th anniversary on 25 October 2000. Pupils, veterans and
relatives lain flowers to the memorial board.
Gulnara Useinova, “Golos
Krima”, #20 (339), 12 May 2000, p.1.
Culture, religion.
They
have celebrated the birthday of our prophet in the Crimean State
Industrio-Pedagogic Institute (CSIPI) during last several years. There is an
official week, devoted to the birthday of Mohammed prophet, in the countries
where the Moslems live. They have one common aim: introduction people with
social, cultural, moral-and-ethnic principals of Islam and Islamic
civilization. There are 250 Moslem communities, 50 confessional, religious
organizations in the Crimea.
Leylya Alyadinova, “Golos
Krima”, #20 (339), 12 May 2000, p.1.