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The UDAR Party led by Vitali Klitschko has decided to participate in parliamentary elections separately, party leader Vitali Klitschko has said.

"We have taken such a decision, and the most logical further step would be the unification [of the opposition] in parliament with only one purpose – to create a majority, but our task is to get at least 50+1%," he said on the ICTV channel.

He said that the party had taken such a decision due to the fact that according to opinion polls, the UDAR Party would gain about 7% of the vote in parliamentary elections, and the Front for Change Party would receive about 10%. However, in the case of unification, these political forces will get only 12%, instead of the expected 17%, he said. A similar result would be obtained in the case of unification with the Batkivschyna Party, he added.

"I think that everyone will agree that our most important goal in the future parliament is to form a majority and we have to unite only for this purpose," Klitschko said.

Therefore, he said, it would be logical for opposition parties to participate in parliamentary elections separately, and then unite and form a majority.

Parliamentary elections in Ukraine are slated for October 28, 2012.