“Tax Maidan” [1] ( Ukrainian: Podatkovy Maidan ) - mass rallies and protests in Ukraine against the adoption by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine of a draft new Tax Code . Lasted from November to December 2010. Passed in the largest cities of Ukraine. Mass rallies and demonstrations took place on Independence Square in Kiev [2] .
| "Tax Maidan" | |||
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| date of | November 16 - December 3, 2010 | ||
| A place | Independence Square , Kiev ,  Ukraine | ||
| Cause | The adoption by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine of the draft Tax Code | ||
| Total | The tax code has been partially changed; other protest claims are ignored | ||
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The protests began on November 16 and became widespread on November 22. Organized rallies ended on December 2 by decision of the majority of the National Coordinating Council of Entrepreneurs of the Tax Maidan. Several dozen protesters dissatisfied with the majority decision remained on the Independence Square to continue the rally under political slogans. On the night of December 3, employees of the Kyivblagustroystvo municipal enterprise, under the supervision of several hundred Ukrainian Interior Ministry officers who cordoned off the area around the perimeter, dismantled the tent camp on Independence Square from 5:00 to 5:45 in the morning. The protesters who remained in the square were dispersed. [3]
The protesters did not get a complete victory, the Tax Code was only partially vetoed. Tax Maidan was the first mass anti-tax protest in independent Ukraine .
Content
- 1 Course of events
- 2 Requirements
- 3 Interesting Facts
- 4 Political persecution of the participants of the Maidan by the authorities
- 5 See also
- 6 notes
- 7 Sources
Event
- On November 16, on the Independence Square in Kiev , the first protests began against the adoption of the draft new Tax Code of Ukraine. [four]
- November 22, 2010 - 6 thousand according to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, [5] but in fact several tens of thousands [6] of small and medium-sized businesses gathered on Independence Square in Kiev . They protested against the Tax Code adopted by parliament the day before. Entrepreneurs were holding posters with the inscriptions "Code - no", "Hands off our money." Protesters moved to the presidential administration . They demanded from the head of state to veto the Tax Code. The protesters also blocked the passage on Institutskaya Street and Khreshchatyk . The construction of a tent camp in the center of the square began. Entrepreneurs declare their action as non-political. At the suit of the Kyiv City State Administration, the Kiev District Administrative Court banned rallies in the center of Kiev from November 22 to 26 in connection with the visit of the Moscow Patriarch Kirill and the Belgian prince. The National Coordinating Council of Entrepreneurs was created: [7] Oksana Prodan , Sergey Dorotich, A. Panayetov, Yu. Eremenko, Mikhail Svistovich, M. Khomenko ,. Popik, L. Kushchenko, S. Troshina, E. Shapovalenko, V. Roy, Mikhail Volynets .
- November 23 - Vladimir Dorosh, head of the press center of the organizing committee of the entrepreneurs ’protest rally, said that the rally would be unlimited. According to him, the tent camp on Independence Square will remain until the president vetoes the Tax Code. Dorosh also said that the organizers will attract students to the action. In addition, he said that protesters from Kharkov were going to Kiev. The organizers of the action hoped that the number of participants in rallies against the signing of the Tax Code on Independence Square would increase. [8] The police attempt to demolish the tent camp also failed.
Activists on the Tax Maidan
- November 24 - About 100 people are in Kiev on Independence Square, where the action against the Tax Code continues. [9]
- November 25 - 15-20 thousand people are already on the main square of the capital. Part of the protesters went in a column to the Presidential Administration. During the movement of the column, Institutskaya Street was partially blocked. Several thousand entrepreneurs picketed Bankova . [2]
- November 26 - Entrepreneurs on Independence Square in Kiev on duty continue to hold a protest against the signing by the President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych of the Tax Code. According to a UNIAN correspondent, there are about 100 protesters in the tent camp. [10]
- November 27 - President Viktor Yanukovych and Prime Minister Mykola Azarov came to Maidan. The head of state, in particular, declared the veto of the scandalous document highly probable and promised to resign when it is adopted. The head of government said that the authorities and entrepreneurs have one goal. [11] A meeting of a joint working group of government representatives and the National Coordinating Council of Entrepreneurs took place at the Ministry of Finance, chaired by Minister of Finance Fedor Yaroshenko : [12] Oksana Prodan , Sergey Dorotich, A. Panayetov, Yu. Eremenko, Mikhail Svistovich, M. Khomenko, . Popik, L. Kushchenko, S. Troshina, E. Shapovalenko, V. Roy, Mikhail Volynets .
- November 28 - some protesters prepare for the All-Ukrainian perpetual political protest. Protesters express dissatisfaction not only with the Tax Code, but also with the general injustice that seizes the state. [13]
- November 29 - among the protesters are political demands for the resignation of the government and the elections of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine in March 2011 . [14] The number of protesters on the Maidan is estimated at 10-12 thousand people. [15] Mass rallies are held in Kharkov , Lviv , Kirovograd , Ivano-Frankivsk and Poltava . [16]
- November 30 - President Viktor Yanukovych partially vetoed the Tax Code. [17]
- December 1 - a news conference of representatives of the National Coordinating Council of Entrepreneurs of Ukraine was held at the Ukrainian News agency, where they stated that the vast majority of protesters would not veto the president if changes to the existing version of the Tax Code follow him. The protesters are preparing a new rally by December 2, on the Maidan there are about 200 protesters, most of whom are in tents. [18] [19]
- December 2 - from Maidan gathered from 1,000 [20] to 2,000 people, the Verkhovna Rada took into account all the president’s amendments to this document. The National Coordination Council of Entrepreneurs of the Tax Maidan by a majority decided to terminate the protest. Several dozen protesters who were not satisfied with this decision remained on the Independence Square and continued the rally with political demands against the government. [21]
- December 3 - as predicted the day before, [22] employees of the Kyivblagustroitelnost utility company, under the supervision of several hundred employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine , cordoned off the area around the perimeter, cordoned off the area around the perimeter, dismantled the tent camp on Independence Square from 5:00 to 5:45 in the morning fulfilling the decision of the Kiev Regional Administrative Court on the prohibition of mass events in the center of the capital from November 27 to December 3, [23] which referred to the fact that on the site of the tent camp it’s necessary to establish a New Year’s lku. The liquidation took place roughly, people were forcibly dragged out of the tents, then the dismantling of the town began along with the property of the protesters, 6 people were detained by law enforcement officers, but 5 of them were immediately released. [24] Yanukovych called these actions democratic. [25] [26] [27] [28]
- After the dispersal of the tent camp, persecution of activists by the authorities began. [29] [30] [31] [32]
Requirements
- The veto of the Tax Code .
- Protection of business in Ukraine.
- The resignation of the government of Azarov .
- Conducting elections of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine in March 2011.
Interesting Facts
- The draft of the new Tax Code of Ukraine immediately after the start of the protests was popularly called “CAT” - abbreviated from “ Azarov - Tigipko Code”. [33] [34] [35]
- The main source of information during the protest was the Internet, in particular Twitter . On the first day of the action, the hashtag #kat_ua became the most popular among Ukrainian Twitter users.
- After President Viktor Yanukovych and Prime Minister Mykola Azarov left Maidan after meeting with entrepreneurs on November 27 , protesters washed the Maidan with soap and water. [36]
- The National Coordinating Council decided to name the tent city on the Maidan “Freedom City”. [37]
- To show that the authorities complied with the demands of the protesters, on December 2, the Party of Regions ordered a salute , which only angered the people who were on the Maidan. [38] [39]
- On December 3 , during the dismantling of tents on the Maidan, under the guise of cleaners, the Shedu workers dismantled the tents and dispersed the people. [40]
Political persecution of Maidan participants by the government
- Repressions against entrepreneurs who advocated the abolition of the Tax Code did not become a sensation for anyone. In the actions of the authorities, one can trace several characteristic nuances: law enforcement agencies are not “interested” in the leaders of the movement, but ordinary participants, reacting after the Maidan has been completed. The ruling party of the regions chose the scare tactics to discourage people from going to the Maidan in an attempt to defend their constitutional rights. The “invention” of the Ukrainian government is that it uses “partisan” methods, which, of course, greatly complicates the struggle of entrepreneurs for their rights. [41]
- A criminal case was opened against the commandant of the “Tax Maidan” in Kiev. He is accused of intentionally destroying property on an especially large scale [42]
- Three people were detained on charges of intentionally destroying property on an especially large scale [43] They are accused of damaging paving slabs during the installation of tents on the Maidan.
See also
- Tax Code of Ukraine
Notes
- ↑ Podatkovy Maidan: rіk because on the BBC Ukraine website
- ↑ 1 2 A protest rally against the Tax Code is taking place on Independence Square. Expect provocations. Video broadcast . Archived November 22, 2011 at Wayback Machine - NEWSru.ua, 11/25/2010
- ↑ Nametova mіstechko rozіbrali pіd at a glance mіlіtsії. CHRONICLE of nights and days Archived copy of December 16, 2013 on Wayback Machine - Website of the Great Ukraine Party , 12/3/2010 (link not available)
- ↑ 16 leaf fall - at the meeting at Kyiv, all, hto not a bajuzhiy !!! - Tarasova true, 11/16/10
- ↑ MIA: No more than 6 thousand people took part in the protest rally on November 22 - Mirror of the week, 11/23/2010
- ↑ Video of protest rally on the 22nd of fall 2010 - Maidan.org.ua, 11/22/2010
- ↑ Adminіngrupa "For garbage tents": Maidan-2: anatomy protest . Site "Maidan". 12/06/2010
- ↑ Unlimited protest on Maidan: the night went quietly, but the police collect complaints - NEWSru.ua, 11/23/2010
- ↑ In Maidan Nezalezhnostі - nearly 100 participants in the protests (inaccessible link) - Sumy News, 11/24/2010 (unavailable link)
- ↑ Entrepreneurs on Independence Square continue protest against the Tax Code - UNIAN , 11/25/2010
- ↑ After Yanukovych and Azarov, Maidan was washed with soap (7 photos) - TSN.ua, 11/27/2010
- ↑ Representatives of entrepreneurs signed a protocol with the government on the veto of NK - RBC-Ukraine - Oksana Prodan - Mikhail Volynets | RBC Ukraine
- ↑ Підприємці обіцяють for tomorrow the international protest rally Archived copy of December 16, 2013 to Wayback Machine - Visoky Val, 11.28.2010 (unavailable link)
- ↑ Vimogi rally to protest on the 29th fall of 2010 rock - Misto Volі, 11.29.2010
- ↑ More than 10 thousand people have gathered on the Maidan. PHOTO report (censor.net.ua, 11/29/2010) - Censor. No, 11/29/2010 (Russian)
- ↑ Підприємці to conduct rallies of protest in five cities of Ukraine - Dzerkalo Tizhnya, 11/29/2010
- ↑ Yanukovych said he vetoed the Tax Code - Interfax-Ukraine, 11/30/2010
- ↑ Pіdpriєmtsіv is more powerful than veto on the Podatkovy Code Archived copy of December 3, 2010 on the Wayback Machine - For the garbage pads !, 12/01/2010 (unavailable link)
- ↑ The commandant of the tentative miscalculation of nothing at all about the raider attack of Mista Voli Archived copy of December 3, 2010 on Wayback Machine - For the garbage tidings !, 12.12.2010 (unavailable link)
- ↑ Maidan met the new edition of the Tax Code with a salute (UNIAN, 12/02/2010)
- ↑ In Kyiv frost Archival copy of November 18, 2010 on Wayback Machine (inaccessible link)
- ↑ Police cars are being pulled to the Maidan (UNIAN, 12/02/2010)
- ↑ The court banned mass events in the center of Kiev (UNIAN, 11.27.2010)
- ↑ Entrepreneurial Maidan: revolution is being carried over to spring? (UNIAN, 12/03/2010)
- ↑ Yanukovych declares democratization of the dismantling of the tent camp
- ↑ People are not going to leave Maidan (Ukrainian truth, 12/03/2010)
- ↑ Police denies being detained and beaten on Maidan (Ukrainian Truth, 12/03/2010)
- ↑ Police say they have not detained a single entrepreneur from Maidan (UNIAN, 12/03/2010)
- ↑ Statement of the Central Headquarters for the Salvation of Ukrainian Entrepreneurship (TSSSUP) dated 12/05/10 unopened (inaccessible link) . Date of treatment November 21, 2018. Archived December 10, 2010.
- ↑ The organizer of the protests on Maidan is summoned for interrogation
- ↑ Police opened a criminal case on the fact of intentional damage to property during the installation of tents on Independence Square
- ↑ Police detain activists of the tax Maidan
- ↑ Failing Code - “CAT” for financial statements (unavailable link) - Volodya Gromadi , 11/26/2010 (unavailable link)
- ↑ Azatova-Tigіpka (CAT) Code of Attorney - non-obligatory із with serious acquisitions (inaccessible link) - Zhovkivsk MGO “Gromadsky Forum Zhovkvi” (unavailable link)
- ↑ Azatova-Tіgіpka Code of Fees - CAT? (unavailable link) - Sumy News, 09/08/2010 (unavailable link)
- ↑ After Yanukovych and Azarov, Maidan was washed with soap
- ↑ The national coordinating radar adopted the decision to take the first place on the Maidan "Misto voli" (unavailable link) (unavailable link)
- ↑ The secret of salute on the Maidan was revealed
- ↑ Salute on the Maidan is called the provocation of the regionals
- ↑ TENT TOWN DISASSEMBLY: GAMES IN THE SOLDIERS OF MR. MOGILEV (PHOTOVIDEO)
- ↑ A number of participants in protesting, I don’t know,
- ↑ Against the commandant of the tentative mіstechka pіdpriєmtsіv destroyed the right
- ↑ For the fate of the protests p_dpriєmtsіv sogodnі three warriors