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On August 26, during a press conference, the 2nd secretary of the Lutsk city organization of the SPU, deputy of the Lutsk city council Serhiy Kichiy stated that a faction of the SPU will appear in the city council: "Working in the format of two factions – NSNU and BYuT – is no longer effective.
On Monday evening, President Viktor Yushchenko formed a new government. Previously, he had demanded that it be a "team of pragmatists" that would not be on television screens from morning till night and would forget that a minister is actually a political figure. In principle, the goal has been achieved.
For former Vice Prime Minister Mykola Tomenko, the fact that BYuT will take first place in the 2006 parliamentary elections is obvious. Tomenko stated this on Monday at a press conference.
Prime Minister Yuriy Yekhanurov promises that the main part of the Cabinet of Ministers will be formed by Tuesday evening. \n \n"The first round of appointments will be made no later than Tuesday evening.
On September 22, President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko and leader of the "Party of Regions" Viktor Yanukovych signed a political memorandum, which, in particular, provides for "submitting a draft Law of Ukraine 'On Amnesty' with the definition therein of Art. 157 and Art. 158 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
The Verkhovna Rada approved Yuriy Yekhanurov as Prime Minister of Ukraine. 289 deputies voted in favor. 1 abstained, 0 against.
Nearly fifty representatives of the labor collective of JSC "Volyn Silk Combine" came on September 21 to the walls of the Volyn Regional State Administration, demanding a resolution to their problems with unpaid wages, – the Western Information Corporation was informed by the press service of the Volyn Regional State…
This weekend, another party of a centrist orientation appeared in Volyn. An founding conference of the regional organization of the Ukrainian party "Green Planet" was held in the city of Kovel, a correspondent of the Western Information Corporation reported on September 20.
On August 19, the head of the Volyn Regional State Administration, Volodymyr Bondar, confirmed to journalists his intention to make decisive personnel changes: "The first deputy head of the Lutsk District State Administration will be dismissed by the end of the month, I guarantee you that.
"Today in Ukraine there are two important issues," noted Mykola Milinchuk. – First, the socio-economic situation, under which the growth rates of the national gross product are constantly declining (according to experts' forecasts, this year it will be 2%). Second, the political situation.