Secretary of the Presidium of the Party of Regions MP Borys Kolesnikov has acknowledged the possibility that representatives of the party apart from Mykhailo Dobkin who have nominated themselves to run for Ukraine's presidency might be kicked out of the party.
When asked whether the party will support any of its members running for
presidency apart from Dobkin, Kolesnikov said on the “Ukraine” TV channel on
Monday night: “No, I think that we’ll hold Political Councils on April 15, and
the majority of the regional organizations already insist on [these candidates’]
exclusion [from the party]. But the decision is for the Political Council to
make.”
As reported, four members of the Regions party Mykhailo Dobkin, Yuriy Boiko,
Sergiy Tigipko and Oleh Tsariov decided to run for Ukraine’s presidency.
The party of Regions supported Dobkin’s nomination as a presidential
candidate at its convention on March 29.
