“The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine voted for a law that de facto destroys the independence of NABU and SAP. It’s not just a change in subordination. Not technical editing, as we want to present it. It is a dismantling of anti -corruption infrastructure, created after the Revolution of Dignity by the hands of civil society, due to the pressure of international partners, at the request of Ukrainians who wanted an honest, transparent state.”, – WRITE: www.pravda.com.ua
Today this choice is betrayed.
This decision is not just a betrayal of post -Maidan architecture. It is a loss of landmark, mockery from memory, the beginning of authoritarian drift, when power concentrates in one hand, where there is neither balance, responsibility, nor fear of being exposed.
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Historically, we have already seen these symptoms.
In our history, there were already votes, after which the country changed forever.
Today is one of these days.
These hours I think about choosing.
Because every person – even in the darkest times makes his choice. Choose fear or choose dignity. Be a slave of circumstances or keep yourself.
I want to turn to those who today, despite the fierce administrative, political and moral pressure, said: no. Who did not press the green button. Who has remained true to the oath, common sense, and most importantly conscience.
I know how difficult you were. I know how you were intimidated, depreciated, persuaded. But you withstood. The story sees you. The story remembers.
I do not want to write in pathetic today: “This is the beginning of the end” or “this is a new era.” But I know: history in Ukraine is cyclical. The power that comes again and again tries to curb this people. Break down. Turn into a silent mass. And again and again she is wrong.
Because this country has a special DNA. She has a painful, restless, decent heart. This is a country that rebelled. Who fought. Which has lost itself and has been finding herself more than once.
I know what I say. Because I am also part of this story.
I was 17 when the first Maidan was burning. I was 26 when the Dignity Revolution began.
I saw Hope born. And how it is shot. I remember the first days after the loss of Crimea, the first funerals from the front, the first laws that seemed fatal. I remember the feeling: everything we lost. We have fallen. There is no way back.
But the way forward always appeared. Because the country is not politicians. The country is its nerve. It’s her youth. Its volunteers. Its civil society. Her free journalists. Her teachers. Her simple voters who are able to distinguish between truth and falsehood.
Yes, today they celebrate those who believe in returning to the past. So, today are the revenge that they believe that you can cancel 2014. But it is an illusion.
The most dangerous illusion in politics is to believe that you are stronger. That you can control the country as if it is unprecedented. That you can buy everything and avoid punishment.
This power, like the previous one, will sooner or later face reality. And the reality is that Ukraine has changed. And not stop it. Even if so far, some important mechanisms have stopped.
We are waiting for a long way again. Due to rollback, despair, resistance and fighting again.
But the main thing is to stay yourself. Keep clarity. Not break. Not sell. Disagree to less. Be with those who keep the light. Who remembers why all this began.
After all, the country is not built yesterday, but tomorrow. And each of us is part of it. What we do today – either adds the strength to its future, or weaken it.
Let’s be strong. Not for the authorities. Not for Europe. And for yourself.
That after 10, 20, 30, looking back, it was not ashamed of today.
For this choice. And for yourself.
Sevgil Musayeva
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