Dear Friends!

On January, 17th three from each five voters — our compatriots (58 %) have not supported on elections in the first round any of candidates on a post of the head of the Ukrainian state. Milli Firka thanks you for understanding of call-up of our organisation to make the protest to a discrimination of the Ukrainian authorities concerning the Crimean Tatars thus. For the past of 18 years central and local authorities have not made anything for us.

Nevertheless, leaders of Medzhlis call us actively to vote for one of candidates, Yulia Timoshenko. But whether it is possible to trust ineffective promise of applicants?

For example, Yulia Timoshenko, being in power, ignored picket of the Crimean Tatars in Kiev at the Cabinet council building in a current of 100 days. Her command in the Supreme Rada of Ukraine amicably voted for the law on the criminal liability for «self-grabs» of the earth which is directly directed against the Crimean Tatars. The Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine has persuaded a management of Uzbekistan not to manufacture 100 thousand Crimean Tatars to Crimea and it voted against Declarations on the rights of the radical people, the accepted General Assembly of the United Nations in 2008. Her government has three times reduced budgetary financing of programs of arrangement of our compatriots in the homeland, and power structures were on her order prepared to smash self-systems in Crimea.

And other candidate is nothing better. Victor Yanukovych being in power and in opposition, has not shown the intentions under the decision of a Crimean Tatar problem according to norms of democracy and international law.

Milli Firka urges today to judge people and politicians not as they said, and on their businesses. Therefore the one who concrete businesses will show the political will and determination can receive support of the Crimean Tatars only to restore in full the rights of our people.

Ukraine should understand, at last, that the Crimean Tatar people are not silent electorate and are not the goods to which can trade on elections for the sake of reception of privileges, awards-crosses and places in the Supreme Rada the separate our officers who have merged with the power.

Leaders of Medzhlis call for unity for the sake of the benefits.

We call for unity to make our protest against national lawlessness in Ukraine and as a condition of our revival.

Milli Firka confirms the item: it is not our elections. Therefore Milli Firka urges you not to support in the second round Timoshenko, Yanukovych. Let’s demonstrate once again our protest to a discrimination conducted by the authorities, we will show our will and determination to continue struggle for the birth rights to the Native land in Crimea.

Chairman of Kenesha (Council)                                                  Vasvi Abduraimov

Managing                                                                                  Enver Kantemir-Umerov

On January, 31st, 2010

Simferopol