"We Are in Opposition as Long as the President Does Not Become a Social Democrat"

He believes that the system of state power existing in Ukraine is much closer to presidential than parliamentary government. Thus, even if the Social Democratic Party of Ukraine (United), to which he belongs, and its allies were to win the parliamentary elections they could not carry out their program completely, states Interfax Ukraine. "As long as the President does not Become a Social Democrat," the former President said, "we will remain in opposition. Our task in the parliamentary elections is to create an influential faction in Parliament, capable of putting forward its own candidate in the next elections.

Kravchuk added that only a party Congress could select such a candidate, but it is well-known that number two on the Party list is former Prime Minister Yevhen Marchuk, an ambitious politician who has already stated his wish to seek the presidency, Serhiy Grabovsky informs The Day.