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In Ukraine, Yushchenko's party still planning to form
Published in Saudi Press Agency on 04 - 10 - 2007

Allies of Ukraine's President Viktor
Yushchenko said Thursday their intention was still to form
a coalition government with his Orange Revolution partner, REPORTED AP.
A statement a day earlier from the president has raised
questions about whether his party would stick to that
course. In his remarks, Yushchenko called for cooperation
with his main political rival, Prime Minister Viktor
Yanukovych.
Yuiry Pavlkeno, a senior member of the pro-Yushchenko
party, said the president's statement signaled only that he
wanted better dialogue with his political opponents and did
not call for forming a governing team with Yanukovych.
After Sunday's parliamentary election, Yushchenko was
expected to tap Yulia Tymoshenko, an important figure in
the Orange Revolution that brought him to power three years
ago, for the premiership. Near-final results showed
Tymoshenko's bloc and the pro-presidential party had enough
seats to forge a ruling coalition.
The two parties had agreed earlier on forming a Cabinet
and unseating Yanukovych, whose party won the most votes
but lacks a strong enough partner to assemble a governing
administration.
In his remarks Wednesday, Yushchenko reached out to all
three major political forces, urging them to exercise
«political wisdom» and work together for the sake of
national unity and stability.
«I have one goal: Ukraine must emerge united following
the elections; there must not be two Ukraines,» Yushchenko
said in a televised speech.
Speaking later in Berlin, Yushchenko suggested that if his
party and Tymoshenko's bloc secure a majority in
parliament, they should consider giving Yanukovych's forces
Cabinet posts, the Interfax news agency reported.
Yushchenko appeared to be concerned about the prospect of
instability if the country _ already polarized by regional,
historical and linguistic divisions _ is governed by one
political side. But the statement opened the door to the
kind of paralyzing standoff that led him to call the early
elections.
But Pavlenko said Thursday that the pro-Yushchenko party
would make good on its agreement to form a coalition with
Tymoshenko. «Our decision ... is unchanged,» he said,
according to the party's Web site.
Analysts said Yushchenko may be reluctant to invest too
much power in Tymoshenko, a potential rival for the
presidency in 2009.
Yushchenko and Tymoshenko were the linchpins of the 2004
upheaval, when hundreds of thousands of people poured into
the streets of Kiev claiming fraud in the presidential
election. Yanukovych was initially declared the winner, but
Yushchenko won a new vote after a court threw out the
initial results. He then named Tymoshenko as his prime
minister.
He fired her after seven months; their bickering helped
bring Yanukovych back to power as prime minister last year.
Yanukovych, who was backed by Moscow in 2004, has taken a
more neutral stance since then, pledging to integrate with
the rest of Europe, but is still seen as more
Russia-friendly.


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