烏克蘭總理辭職 議會廢除反示威法

Ukraine's political opposition celebrated the first major victory in its two-month-long standoff with the government as the country's prime minister tendered his resignation Tuesday. But the move appeared unlikely to end the la Azarov's resignation came after a week of violent clashes in Kiev, the capital, in which at least four activists were killed, dozens arrested and hundreds injured on both sides. It was the worst street violence in the history of post-Soviet Ukraine.

烏克蘭總理尼古拉·阿扎羅夫1月28日向亞努科維奇總統遞交辭呈，烏克蘭議會當天也廢除了兩週前剛剛通過的反示威法，但似乎並不能結束兩月來的政治危機。《洛杉磯時報》報道稱， 阿扎羅夫說，目前尖銳危險的衝突迫使他辭職，以期早日達成妥協，結束危機。他表示，當前局勢威脅烏克蘭經濟和社會發展，威脅整個烏克蘭社會和每位公民。他說：“當前最重要的是維護烏克蘭的統一和完整。這比某些個人計劃或野心重要的多。正因爲如此，我做出了這個決定”。

A short time after his announcement, the parliament rescinded unpopular anti-protest laws in another peace offering to opposition forces bent on the ouster of President Viktor sition leaders had been negotiating with Yanukovich for four days, demanding that he call elections for the presidency and parliament. In a statement published on the Cabinet's official website, Azarov said that "the scope of the acute and dangerous conflict" compelled him to resign in the hope of enabling a political ian President Vladimir Putin insisted that he was not bothered by Azarov's resignation. Even if the opposition assumes power, Russia will not reconsider its agreements to lend money to Ukraine and give it a break on energy prices, he said during a news conference in Brussels.

烏克蘭總統網站公佈文件中指出，烏總統亞努科維奇簽署命令宣佈“批准總理阿扎羅夫的辭呈，批准烏克蘭政府的辭呈”。與此同時，亞努科維奇要求現任政府在新政府組成前繼續履行自己職責。阿扎羅夫的發言人表示，烏克蘭第一副總理謝爾蓋·阿爾布佐夫將任代總理。新政府總理將在烏總統獲得該國最高拉達（議會）批准後任命。此前烏克蘭總統亞努科維奇提議由反對黨“祖國”黨領導人亞採紐克出任政府總理，但遭到拒絕。

"It is not important to us," he said. "We did conduct a constructive dialogue with the government of jailed former Prime Minister] Yulia Tymoshenko."Putin's remarks suggest that even he sees the resignation as a positive step, political scientist Igor Popov said."Now the most important problem for the opposition leaders is to persuade the radical protesters to start leaving the barricades," said Popov, president of a Kiev-based think tank. "But all [the protesters] want is the resignation of Yanukovich himself."For the moment, however, the opposition was basking in its victory, particularly after the parliament revoked the recently passed legislation that outlawed many of the tactics used by protesters. Opposition leaders continued to press lawmakers to release jailed demonstrators."I approve of any news which could prevent further bloodshed," said a police officer standing in full riot gear about 60 yards from the protesters. "People out there are not our enemies. They are our brothers."

在阿扎羅夫辭職後不久，烏克蘭議會當天投票以以361票對2票的壓倒多數通過決議，廢除引起爭議的反示威立法。反示威法案剛剛在兩週前通過。反示威法禁止示威者戴頭盔、包圍公共建築，禁止未經許可在公共場地設置帳篷以及辱罵政府官員要承擔刑事犯罪責任。分析稱，這給持續不斷的反政府示威火上澆油。2013年11月，烏克蘭總統亞努科維奇決定擱置與歐盟簽定自由貿易協定，引發大規模抗議遊行。示威者攻擊政府辦公機構，並一度佔領了司法部等政府機構。反對派1月19日舉行的新一次市民大會演變爲示威者與執法人員之間的衝突，導致3人死亡。反對派要求政府辭職和繼續與歐洲一體化的進程。反對派領導人已與亞努科維奇談判四天，要求他下令舉行總統和議會選舉。