"On October 5, at its meeting, the faction of 'Our Ukraine' adopted a decision on transitioning to the opposition," he said during his speech in parliament on Tuesday.
"The same decision was adopted by all six parties that are part of the bloc and the political council of 'Our Ukraine,'" he added.
Bezsmertnyi explained the decision to transition to the opposition by saying that "over the last 2 months we have witnessed how the internal and external course that was supported by the people of Ukraine during the election of President Viktor Yushchenko is being broken."
"Our Ukraine" has withdrawn from the negotiation process, "Our Ukraine" is in the opposition, our ministers are leaving the government," the faction leader stated.
At the same time, Bezsmertnyi called on "opposition forces in parliament and outside parliament to form a 'European Ukraine' as a confederation, to develop through this confederation an action plan that would aim to create alternative actions to the anti-crisis coalition and the current government."
According to him, "the task of this coalition is to develop draft laws and test them for the purpose of accelerating the course toward European and Euro-Atlantic integration."
"The main forms of activity of such a coalition could be the activity of an opposition government and opposition government committees. Their task is to monitor clearly the decisions adopted by the government and the anti-crisis coalition and to express opposition regarding them," Bezsmertnyi explained.
"The second task before this opposition coalition is the formation of a new legislative base and their approbation both in Ukraine and at the international level," he added.
"All of this could become a good groundwork for creating an alternative to the actions of the current government and, at the necessary moment, adopting this legislation to accelerate the process of Ukraine's accession to European and Euro-Atlantic structures," Bezsmertnyi explained.
Bezsmertnyi's statement on the transition to the opposition was met with applause by representatives of "Our Ukraine" and disapproving shouts by representatives of the coalition.