President Victor Yushchenko says parliamentarians must all
contribute to a political consensus. He believes the Presidential Political
Council, which consists of leaders of parliamentary parties, will also help
build effective cooperation.
Following his meeting with Yulia Tymoshenko, Roman Bezsmertny
and Oleksandr Moroz, the President reiterated that he would cooperate with both
the parliamentary majority and opposition.
“Speaking about political reconciliation, I find it vital to
establish a dialogue within the Verkhovna Rada. I would like to repeat that it
is really important to distribute parliamentary committees and posts fairly to
benefit all the parties,” he said, President's press office reported.
The Head of State said “to demonstrate political goodwill and
constructive work” parliamentarians should give the opposition some
parliamentary committees and institutions enabling them to monitor the majority.
“I think this will help us find initial compromises in the
Verkhovna Rada,” he said.
The President also expressed hope that the first meeting of the
Presidential Political Council, as well as the first meeting of the Regions
Council involving regional officials and politicians, would be held soon.
“We aim to invent a formula of understanding,” he said.
Speaking about today’s meeting with the three majority leaders,
Mr. Yushchenko said they had considered “ways to build relations within the
President-Parliament-Cabinet triangle.”
“We discussed the immensely constructive role of the majority
in the functioning of the Verkhovna Rada,” he said.
“I would like to particularly emphasize that Ukraine needs a
Ukrainian patriotic government like never before. It must not undermine the
fragile political stability with speculative and controversial statements,” he
opined.
The President and the coalition leaders also agreed that it was
important to meticulously observe and implement a coalition agreement.
“We agreed that mutual understanding can form a basis for a
responsible Ukrainian government,” he said, urging his partners to learn lessons
from their painstaking negotiations. “If we learn lessons of the past, our
government will be responsible.”
