The head of the Lutsk city organization of the "Batkivshchyna" party, Oleksandr Viktorov, shared his thoughts on the events in Ukraine's political life in light of the socialists' actual support for Moroz's backing of the Medvedchuk-Symonenko Constitution.\nRegarding the position of the socialists and the voting at the extraordinary session of the Verkhovna Rada, Oleksandr Viktorov essentially repeated what Yulia Tymoshenko said in her speech in parliament and in some other comments. This is a critical position, but it does not fully coincide with Yushchenko's emotional reaction to the vote, who called it a betrayal.\n"This vote could have been predicted, because we saw even during the previous negotiations that the socialists' position was not sufficiently clear. This was a certain signal that the SPU might come out in support of the political reform in the version proposed by the president, this notorious 'Medvedchuk-Symonenko project.' When the socialists showed their unstable position, the rest of the opposition was worried whether Moroz would give in. In the end it happened, but one cannot call this a hundred percent betrayal, because the socialists' position on the issue of political reform is somewhat different from the others. If you look at this issue from the point of view of selfish politics, then Moroz, no matter how the political situation develops in the future, is not in line for the presidency, so accordingly he is not interested in broad powers for the future president," believes Oleksandr Viktorov.\nOleksandr Viktorov also believes that Yushchenko is partly to blame in this vote.\n"We have been talking for a long time about unification, about nominating a single candidate for the presidential elections; accordingly, despite the fact that both the socialists and Yulia Tymoshenko's Bloc and 'Our Ukraine' are opposition forces, they are still different forces, and without appropriate clear agreements and guarantees from one of the parties, no one will simply support the other side.\nIf, say, in the elections we support a single presidential candidate — Yushchenko — then on his part he must clearly officially declare and guarantee how he sees cooperation with other opposition forces after his victory, in particular with our bloc and the socialist party. He, however, has not done this until recently, although negotiations about it are constantly ongoing. Therefore I think that the absence of such a clear agreement on Yushchenko's part may have been the reason for Moroz's vote. That is, the Socialist Party to this day has not received any guarantees from Yushchenko in the event of his support in the presidential elections and Yushchenko's coming to power.\nBoth we and the socialists would like to cooperate together in the future, but to see concretely our prospect in power. And there is much said about what we can do," stated the head of the Lutsk city organization of the "Batkivshchyna" party.\n\n\nRead also:\n\nYushchenko is also partly to blame for Moroz's support of the Medvedchuk-Symonenko bill — head of the Lutsk city organization of the "Batkivshchyna" party Oleksandr Viktorov\n\n"The SPU adhered to its position, so there can be no talk of any betrayal" — first secretary of the Volyn regional committee of the SPU\n\nThe SPU's vote on January 3 is a clear reflection of their adherence to their proclaimed goals — VOO "Trudova Ukraina"\n\nThe January 3 vote on constitutional amendments could lead to an internal split in the SPU — head of the Volyn CVU\n\nThe introduction of amendments to the bill on constitutional changes by Medvedchuk-Symonenko is illegitimate, believes people's deputy Volodymyr Bondar