Chornovolenko: National Movement to join BYuT

Author: Olena BylimPhoto: InterMedia consulting

Oleksandr Chornovolenko MP of Ukraine from the OU-PSD, representative of the People's Movement told the IMC.

Commenting on the statement of his colleagues from the Movement Yaroslav Kendzer, Ivan Stoyko and Roman Tkach that the position of Borys Tarasyuk (he stated that he was against early elections and supported actions of the government) doesn't correspond the position of the whole party and is determined by his desire to join the list of the BYuT at early elections, Chornovolenko answered:

 "There is a decision of the leaders of the Movement (from 52 members - 45 members voted "for", 2 voted "against" and 3 restrained) to preserve the coalition of the OU-PSD and the BYuT and to involve majority of the Bloc of Lytvyn. Besides, there was a decision to address the President with a demand to discharge head of the Secretariat Viktor Baloha. MPs from the OU-PSD, members of the National Movement Yaroslav Kendzer, Roman Tkach and Ivan Stoyko didn't vote for our decision and in fact they violated decision of the leaders".

He noted that such actions of these members will be considered at the next session of the party and they may be excluded. He informed that today Kendzer, Stoyko and Tkach wrote an application to withdraw from the party.

The politician noted that the session of the National Movement will take a decision to join the BYuT to participate in the elections: "We stand for the bloc to become wider and Tymoshenko to head it".