Victor Yushchenko was asked in Lviv if he thought the government led by
Viktor Yanukovych “had declared cold war” on him, President’s press office
reported.
“Frankly speaking, I will try to build and maintain exceptionally
constructive relations with the government and parliament. I see no reasons for
such a conclusion, although I do not like many things the government does,” the
President said.
Yushchenko opined that the new team was introducing its traditions,
methods and style, which explains “why, perhaps, they make some erroneous
decisions.” He added that the January 1/2006 constitutional changes also
contributed to the problem, complicating their cooperation.
However, Yushchenko said he saw “no deliberate evil intention to make
this relationship tense and destructive.”
“I really do not see it and believe the premier, like me, strives to
build constructive relations,” he said. “...But those who are going to war with
the Presidential Secretariat will lose.”
The Head of State said such non-productive cooperation would undermine
the trust of voters.
“If we live for Ukraine, these two branches of power, the President and
the government, must work to benefit the nation,” he said.
