Saakashvili threatens armed assault and demands Poroshenko to capitulate
If Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko does not resign voluntarily, the political crisis in the country will only worsen.
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This was stated by the ex-President of Georgia and organizer of protests in Kyiv, Mikheil Saakashvili, who published an open letter to Petro Poroshenko on his Facebook page.
“The first Maidan was peaceful. Then the authorities had either fear or wisdom to prevent bloodshed. The second Maidan ended with the death of a large number of people. Ukraine does not need a third Maidan. Today he is very dangerous. This is not about your life, but about the lives of millions of Ukrainians. And people are very radical. People are ready to take up arms and storm you. Like Yanukovych. But Yanukovych had somewhere to run and hide. It may have saved him and many more lives. You have nowhere to run,” Saakashvili emphasizes.
According to him, he is writing this letter because he “believes in the mind” of Poroshenko, who must understand that “there is no need to risk either your life or the lives of millions of Ukrainians.”
“Your voluntary resignation is almost the last chance to overcome the political crisis, which otherwise will only deepen. A president who voluntarily resigned, bowing his head to the will of the people, can count on a commutation of punishment and a pardon. Some of your devoted associates say in informal conversations that you have long lost your sense of reality. Now they are waiting for the moment to start saving themselves; many are looking for alternate airfields.
I hope that if not political wisdom, then at least a human sense of security will prompt you to the right decision. This decision will save not only you, but also many people whose fate is inextricably linked with Ukraine,” writes Saakashvili.
Saakashvili threatens armed assault and demands Poroshenko capitulate.