SDPU(o) leader Viktor Medvedchuk says he will leave politics if his party fails to get into parliament in the 2006 elections. \n \n"I will consider this a defeat for the party, personally for myself as the party leader, and naturally I will have to take up another matter. And, believe me, I will gladly do so," Medvedchuk said at a press conference on Thursday in Simferopol. \n \n"There are very many things in life from which one can derive pleasure, rejoice and live calmly, including outside politics. One must do what works, and if there are defeats, then that means it does not work, one must change the type of activity. I have an excellent profession, and I will find something to do in this life," he noted. \n \nMedvedchuk also reported that it is not ruled out that the SDPU(o) election list will be headed by first president Leonid Kravchuk. \n \n"There is no such decision, but such a decision is possible, especially since Leonid Kravchuk has party card No. 1 in our party. I think that he is worthy of heading the list," he emphasized. \n \nAt the same time, answering a question about whether a decision could be made that he would not be in the top five of the election list, since, as many political scientists note, he is perceived negatively by voters and can only lower the party's rating, Medvedchuk noted: \n \n"If the party leader is not in the top five, then what kind of leader is he. Then the leader must be changed." \n \nTo the question about the possibility of the second president, Leonid Kuchma, appearing on the party's election list, Medvedchuk replied that this is hardly possible. \n \n"As for Leonid Danylovych Kuchma, as far as I know - and I communicate with him often - he does not intend to return to politics for now, therefore there is no likelihood at all of drawing him into our party list," said the SDPU(o) leader. \n \nAnswering a question about whom SDPU(o) considers its competitor in the elections, he said that the party will consider all registered election subjects as competitors. \n \n"If, for example, 37 subjects are registered, then 36 will be our political competitors. The party is going into the elections independently, which means it is fighting against everyone," Medvedchuk emphasized. \n \nAnswering a question about with whom, in the event of getting into parliament, SDPU(o) might bloc in the new parliament, the party leader completely ruled out participation in a coalition that, for example, the Party of Regions and BYuT might create. \n \nSpeaking about the principles of positioning in the new parliament, Medvedchuk noted that if in the new parliament a coalition is created "on the basis, for example, of presidential support, and national-democratic and liberal forces are combined there, then the social democrats will never go into such a coalition, just as they will not go into another one created on these principles." \n \n"And if a coalition is created by representatives of parties that are close to us in spirit, then we will go into such a coalition and will form both the legislative and executive power. Otherwise, we will remain where we are now - in opposition," he stated. \n \nAmong such possible partners, Medvedchuk, in particular, named the Party of Regions. \n \nIn the 2002 elections (half were elected by party lists), SDPU(o) received 6.27% (the 6th result out of the 6 parties that made it into parliament).