Our Ukraine-People's Self-Defense faction deputy and Front for Change Party leader Arseniy Yatseniuk has said that during talks held with the Batkivschyna and Svoboda parties on the nomination of single candidates in single-member constituencies at the parliamentary elections in 2012, it was decided to work in 175 constituencies out of 225.
"We are holding difficult political consultations. Each party wants to get more seats. But the main thing is to get them. The opposition now has two approaches. One is to work in all 225 constituencies, and another is to focus on 150 constituencies. We decided that it would be expedient for us to actively work in 175 constituencies, including in the eastern regions," Yatseniuk said in an interview posted on the Web site of the Focus magazine.
However, he hinted that he would not raise the question of the unification of Ukrainian opposition parties into a single political force until the question of single candidates in majority districts is resolved.
"Let’s first solve the question of our unification in majority districts and then move on to a higher level," Yatseniuk said.
He predicted that the united opposition would get in a future parliament "the majority by a margin of two or three votes."
"Perhaps, 227 to 223. In fact, a two-party system exists in our country. The post-Soviet [party] opposes the pro-European [party], and the past [opposes] the future," Yatseniuk said.
