Our Ukraine bloc issues ultimatum to Party of Regions

[Harold F. Schiffman]

Our Ukraine bloc issues ultimatum to Party of Regions

14/09/2006 15:16 KIEV, September 14 (RIA Novosti) - The pro-presidential
Our Ukraine bloc said Thursday it has given the Party of Regions 10 days
to decide on forming a new coalition in parliament.

A parliamentary anti-crisis coalition, formed in June and comprising the
Party of Regions, the Socialist Party and the Communist Party, has for the
past two weeks been engaged in intensive consultations with Our Ukraine on
the possibility of expanding the grand coalition. In August, the parties
signed a national unity agreement on key policy areas. But outstanding
differences on some of its provisions prevented them from forming a common
political platform in the Supreme Rada. "Ten days is the maximum time
within which members of the anti-crisis coalition can make up their
minds," said Anatoliy Matviyenko, a member of the Our Ukraine
parliamentary faction.

The pro-presidential bloc warned that otherwise it would move to the
opposition. "If this is not done, it will mean intentional retreat from
the national unity agreement, and then we will have to switch to the
opposition,"  Matviyenko said. He said the six political forces comprising
the bloc "are ready to search for a compromise, but we cannot violate
fundamental positions on the pro-European choice, European integration,
the EU, and the language policy."


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http://en.rian.ru/world/20060914/53873418.html

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