Oleksandr Turchynov's address to the people, 2014

February 23, 2014, Kyiv.

Video of Oleksandr Turchynov's special address to the people after his appointment as Acting President of Ukraine.

Main theses: honoring the memory of the Heroes of the Heavenly Hundred, condemning violence against peaceful protesters, removing Viktor Yanukovych from the duties of the President of Ukraine, calling early presidential elections, restoring the 2004 Constitution of Ukraine, returning to the parliamentary-presidential form of government, forming a new parliamentary majority and government, restoring the work of state authorities, stabilizing and coordinating the executive branch, ensuring public order and state control, withdrawing security forces to places of permanent deployment, preventing lynchings, radicalization and separatist manifestations, protecting the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine, stabilizing the economic situation, overcoming the risks of financial crisis and default, guaranteeing the payment of salaries, pensions and scholarships, restoring trust in state institutions, focusing on European integration, supporting an equal dialogue with other states.