Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada Volodymyr Lytvyn believes that the opposition will nominate three or four candidates for the presidential election, and the pro-government forces even more, and calls the reality of nominating a single candidate from both sides "the greatest illusion." \n \nHe expressed this opinion in an interview published on Monday in the newspaper "Biznes," noting that currently for many politicians, not so much the 2004 presidential election is important as the 2006 parliamentary election. \n \nAnswering the question of how realistic it is to nominate a single candidate for the presidential election from both the majority and the opposition, Lytvyn said: "This is the greatest illusion of both sides." "I dare to assume that we will have three, four candidates from the opposition, and even more from the pro-government forces," said Lytvyn. \n \n"This, of course, is a rather conditional division, as is the conditional differentiation of political forces into those in power and those in opposition," he added at the same time, also expressing the opinion that "with the exception of the communists and socialists, there is no opposition in Ukraine in the generally accepted classical sense of this word." \n \nAt the same time, Lytvyn did not rule out that the pro-government forces, "being pushed toward nominating a single candidate, will ultimately be forced to nominate such a figure." "It will be a personality who will be considered neutral," he said. \n \nAccording to the speaker, among the politicians who will go to the presidential election from the opposition will be the leader of the "Our Ukraine" bloc Viktor Yushchenko, the leader of the Socialist Party Oleksandr Moroz, the leader of the BYuT Yulia Tymoshenko, and the leader of the communists Petro Symonenko. \n \nFrom the pro-government forces, the speaker believes, the current prime minister Viktor Yanukovych will run, "who currently has the greatest chances of victory, comparable to Yushchenko's electoral prospects." \n \n"It is also not excluded that among the candidates we will see Yevhen Marchuk, Anatoliy Kinakh, and Serhiy Tihipko," said Lytvyn, adding that this list can be continued, since "some will act, so to speak, according to the Olympic principle: the main thing is not victory but participation." \n \nAnswering the question of whether the speaker's candidacy is being considered for participation in the presidential election, Lytvyn emphasized that he does not want to discuss this topic. "For me, it does not exist," he said. \n \n