Lytvyn's faction demands three portfolios from Yushchenko

"I assume that the new majority will have about 280 deputies. I am confident that the NAPU faction will be in the new majority," Yeremieiev said in an interview with the "Interfax-Ukraine" agency.

Speaking about the possible composition of the opposition, the faction leader noted that it is already known at this time about the communists being in opposition.

"I think that the Social Democratic Party (united) and the Regions will be in the opposition," he added.

Yeremieiev believes that between the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada (Volodymyr Lytvyn, who heads the NAPU), the future prime minister and the president there will be "a real union and mutual understanding."

"A team will be created for which the main task is the consolidation of society and, most importantly, the implementation of social programs," he emphasized.

Answering a question about the faction's participation in the formation of the new government, the faction leader recalled that as of today it numbers more than 30 people, in connection with which the NAPU can claim a certain number of positions in the Cabinet of Ministers.

"With such a number, it will not only be the Ministry of Agrarian Policy. I think there will be some other ministries as well - no fewer than three," Yeremieiev stated.

The faction leader explained that the NAPU is "expanding its activities."

"We are ceasing to be a sectoral party, we are expanding the range of our influence, therefore there will be ministries of various spheres of activity through which we will defend and demonstrate our position, our vision of the activity of the executive power," he emphasized.

Speaking about the faction's support for the candidacy of the new prime minister, Yeremieiev noted that in this situation the deputies proceed from the principle that the president will be the first to determine the candidacy that will be submitted to parliament.

"But we have clear criteria regarding this candidacy. I would like everyone to understand: we are talking about a prime minister, first of all, about a person who must today think about the country," the faction leader emphasized.