Mykola Tomenko, Vice-Chairman of The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, summarized the Parliament´s work during the session week and stated that it becomes harder to pass socially important and necessary resolution, as the date of elections comes closer.
"Actually, four candidates for presidency developed a common stand regarding their election campaign", - M.Tomenko stressed. The study of the supported and rejected Bills testifies that "these are common decisions of the Party of Regions, the pro-presidential part of Our Ukraine, the Communists and the majority of the Lytvyn Bloc".
"These votes are obviously coordinated. In such a situation, nobody questions the differences in ideology, acting jointly. Thus, it is no longer a paradox that the resolution against the governmental version of the budget submitted by the communists and the Party of Regions were supported by the deputies of the Ukrainian People´s Party, "For Ukraine" and "Our Ukraine", - M.Tomenko stated.
M.Tomenko predicts that informal coalition of the teams of Viktor Yanukovych and Viktor Yushchenko will exist during the next plenary weeks in cooperation with the communists and the Lytvyn Bloc.
M.Tomenko also stated that discipline and attendance of the parliament also deteriorated in view of the upcoming presidential elections. 77 People´s Deputies failed to attend all the plenary meetings this week.
"These 77 absentees include the candidates for presidency: Viktor Yanukovych, Arseniy Yatseniuk and Inna Bohoslovska. Volodymyr Lytvyn also failed to attend the plenary meetings, explaining that he went for an electoral leave", - the Vice-Chairman stated.
Summarizing, M.Tomenko stated: "The rate of conflicts and inefficient Parliament´s work is expected to increase as the date of the presidential elections comes closer".