Non-affiliated people's deputies of Ukraine Oleh Zarubinsky, Volodymyr Kafarsky, Vitaliy Oluyko and Serhiy Shevchuk joined the faction of the People's Agrarian Party of Ukraine, and deputy Volodymyr Ryabika joined the "Yedyna Ukraina" faction. This was stated at a parliament session on Thursday by Verkhovna Rada Chairman Volodymyr Lytvyn.
Also, people's deputies of Ukraine Vasyl Huryeyev, Mykola Onishchuk and Vitaliy Mayko left the NDP-PPPU faction. After these deputies left, the NDP-PPPU faction numbers 9 deputies.
Thus, as of 23 December 2004, the number of parliamentary factions and deputy groups is as follows: "Nasha Ukraina" - 101 deputies, "Rehiony Ukrainy" - 61, CPU - 59, SDPU(o) - 30, "Trudova Ukraina" - 12, NAPU - 27, SPU - 20, BYuT - 19, "Soyuz" - 17, "Tsentr" - 14, "NDP and PPPU" - 9, "Yedyna Ukraina" - 20, "Demokratychni Initsiatyvy" - 14, non-affiliated - 47.