Anton Yatsenko
The Central Election Commission has long considered District 200 in Cherkasy Oblast "fat" and "well-fed." It was here that Anton Yatsenko, a well-known defector to the Verkhovna Rada, former aide to Azarov, and, according to media reports, the permanent head of the Yushchenko and Yanukovych tender mafia, decided to run.
This worthy man is accused of sacrificing at least 4 billion hryvnias for the state budget. However, to achieve this impressive result, Yatsenko was a member of both the BYuT and the Party of Regions, and later declared himself non-partisan. He's disillusioned with politics, to be sure. However, Yatsenko hasn't given up on his parliamentary privileges, especially those that protect him from prison.
So, the slightly rejuvenated politician began actively working in the district. Charity work began, including lampposts, benches, and playgrounds. The desire to benefit the electorate went even further, and Yatsenko's team offered trusting residents of the Cherkasy region 300 hryvnias per vote.
Simple math: about four billion hryvnias were stolen, and the cost of bribing voters will be approximately half a million hryvnias. As they say, it's nothing personal, just business. And a very profitable one, by the way.
Now Mr. Yatsenko could walk freely without fear of the activists who chased him away from everywhere, even throwing flour at him. Mr. Yatsenko feared these activists like fire, and so he often avoided showing up on the streets of the district.
And there was no need for that. His aides continued to actively negotiate with the population. One of the "gimmicks," one might even say the hit of the season, was home voting. A voter suddenly falls ill and demands that someone bring a ballot box to their home. Instead of a committee, someone (let's call him Santa Claus) arrives with gifts. And, naturally, a ballot for the beloved Anton Yatsenko flies under the Christmas tree, that is, into the ballot box. Since, by law, up to 10% of citizens can be sick, that means practically every tenth voter is in the pocket. Therefore, Yatsenko never received less than 10% at any polling station. And his reputation as the head of the tender mafia is no obstacle.
And, naturally, the chaos at the polling stations was exploited to the fullest. At the start of voting, the stamps mysteriously disappeared. They ended up in the hands of the commission heads for an indefinite period, and how they were used is unknown. Then, stamps began to be placed on the protocols anywhere but where they were supposed to be. Corrections appeared in the protocols.
Even more interesting is the "spoiled" ballot compared to the "correct" one. It's clear that candidates Oleg Bashtan and Vitaly Chudnovsky lost half their votes, while our hero's tally doubled (photo). In short, Yatsenko won by a landslide.
Just one question: why were elections held? So that a man who called on Yanukovych to use force on the Maidan could become the people's deputy for stolen millions, saving billions, so that the shadowy budget operations would continue?!
Roman Yakushev, ANTICOR
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