MEDVEDCHUK, AS PROMISED, RESIGNED. And took all the Social Democratic Party members with him

On Thursday, the head of the presidential administration, Viktor Medvedchuk, placed a statement of his resignation on President Kuchma's desk.

Resignation statements were also submitted by his deputies in the presidential administration, as well as by governors who are members of the SDPU(O).

This was announced at a press conference in Kyiv by Nestor Shufrych.

According to him, in this way they "acknowledge the decision of the Supreme Court of Ukraine."

Shufrych specified that in addition to Medvedchuk, the matter concerns his deputies in the administration – Ishchenko and Zavgorodniy.

Resignation statements were also submitted by the governors of Zakarpattia Oblast, Ivan Rizak, Chernivtsi Oblast – Mykhailo Romaniv, Cherkasy Oblast – Vadym Loshenko, and Chernihiv Oblast – Valentyn Melnychuk.

On December 14, citing Leonid Kravchuk, a report first appeared that Medvedchuk was resigning. Later, the head of the AP himself stated that he would resign only after a new president is elected.