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 Kyiv city organization of the Our Ukraine party has decided to expel the party leader, Viktor Yuschenko, from the party.

Head of the Political Council of Our Ukraine Party Serhiy Bondarchuk
announced this decision at a briefing on Saturday.

He cited the decision of Kyiv city organization of the Our Ukraine party,
which states that during the 2012 parliamentary elections Yuschenko ordered to
replace members of district and precinct election committees of the Ukrainian
People’s Party and the Our Ukraine in southern and eastern regions of the
country by representatives of the Party of Regions, which “caused significant
damage to the authority of the party.”

“By doing so, Viktor Yuschenko betrayed the program statements of the Our
Ukraine party,” the decision reads.

The document also says that Yuschenko did not comply with the undertaken
commitment to pay the party’s debts for 2009.

In addition, “in order to avoid reporting and accountability, through the
presidium members controlled by him,” Yuschenko is obstructing the holding of
the party’s congress and “trying to usurp the leadership of the party
illegally.”

“The council decided to expel Viktor Andriyovych Yuschenko from the Our
Ukraine Party,” the decision reads.

As reported, on January 26, supporters of Yuschenko and supporters of
Bondarchuk tried to conduct two parallel meetings of the party’s political
council in different locations.

The head of the Our Ukraine’s political council believes that Yuschenko is
trying to split the party.