The governors of Chernihiv and Zhytomyr oblasts, Vladyslav Atroshenko and Pavlo Zhebrivsky, have decided to give up their posts in favor of a place on the "Our Ukraine" election list.
This decision was reported by the press service of the "People's Union Our Ukraine."
Atroshenko holds the thirty-sixth position on the "Our Ukraine" list, while Zhebrivsky is number fourteen.
In turn, the governor of Volyn oblast, Volodymyr Bondar, who holds the thirty-fifth position on the "Our Ukraine" list, has not yet decided whether to remain as head of the oblast administration or go to parliament.
"Without a decision from the president and the premier, I will hardly be able to make a final decision," Bondar told journalists.
"Overall, I have a certain algorithm of behavior: the president and the party leadership instructed me to work in the region. And I will work in this position until they express a different wish. So for now I will remain in my place, and after talking with the party and state leadership I will decide definitively," he stated.
The governor of Lviv oblast, Petro Oliynyk, number thirteen on the "Our Ukraine" list, takes an analogous position. He stated that he will make a final decision after meeting with Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko.
Kharkiv governor Arsen Avakov and Vinnytsia governor Oleksandr Dombrovsky have declined a place on the NSNU party list.
Earlier, Yushchenko obligated all officials to decide: if they are running for parliament, they must resign from the executive branch.
The final version of the list will be determined at the inter-party congress of Viktor Yushchenko's Bloc "Our Ukraine," which will take place in Kyiv on December 17-18.