MPs Volodymyr Filenko and Taras Stetskiv are convinced that the independent participation of the political party "Reforms and Order" in the 2006 parliamentary elections will not lead to a split in the party.
"A split is impossible for us," Filenko said at a press conference on Wednesday.
At the same time, he noted that Mykola Tomenko had left the PRP, and "part of the PRP ran off to the 'Batkivshchyna' congress."
"We understand these trends. They are not threatening to the party's future. They do not threaten the PRP with a split," he added.
In turn, Stetskiv noted that this concerns the personal decisions of each politician.
"I do not see a problem in the fact that certain people run over to one or another mega-bloc for comfort. Each person makes the decision themselves," Stetskiv noted.
Filenko is also convinced that the BYuT and the NSNU should create a joint bloc in the elections. According to him, this will give such a bloc a guaranteed victory and the possibility of forming a majority in the future parliament.
He emphasized that the chance to unite in the BYuT and the NSNU already arose on November 22 on Independence Square, but was lost.
Filenko said that, despite this, he and Stetskiv continue to call on Viktor Yushchenko and Yulia Tymoshenko to form a joint list in the elections. According to him, members of the PRP could then join such a list as well.
Filenko assured that in the event of the formation of a joint bloc of "orange" forces, it would not be a matter of principle for him which number to have on such a list - 200th or 300th.
In turn, Stetskiv believes that today there is a chance to unite the BYuT and the NSNU. "Although a tiny one," he added.
Stetskiv reported that both the BYuT and the NSNU had offered him and Filenko to join their lists. Stetskiv emphasized that he considers this impossible, since, participating in the elections as separate blocs, the BYuT and the NSNU will compete with each other in the elections and in total will receive minimal voter support.
As Stetskiv noted, if the BYuT and the NSNU do not unite in the elections, then he together with Filenko will propose that the PRP participate in the elections independently. According to him, there should be a political force in parliament that would be the bearer and guarantor of the values of the Maidan.
In addition, Stetskiv believes that both the BYuT and the NSNU should cleanse their election lists of odious individuals who are dragging their political forces down. He also regards as a shortcoming the fact that neither the NSNU nor the BYuT offered new people on their lists.