Yushchenko loses Authority over Our Ukraine Parliamentary Party

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Ukraine's President, Viktor Yushenko has suffered a major blow and in relation to his authority over the parliamentary party of "Our Ukraine"

The participants in a congress of the People's Union Our Ukraine party will not vote for recalling ministers representing this party from the Cabinet led by Yulia Tymoshenko, Vira Ulianchenko, the head of the party's Council, said on Saturday.

"No, we will not [recall Our Ukraine ministers], because it is thanks to our ministers that our voice is heard there [in the government]" Ulianchenko told journalists before the congress. (Kyiv Post)

This is a major blow to Yushchenko whose strategy is to undermine Ukraine's government in the hope of providing him justification for the dismissal of Ukraine's democratically elected Parliament.

Yushchenko has until July 17 top call another snap Parliamentary election. The Congress of Our Ukraine had demanded that Yulia Tymoshcneko withdraw her intention to nominate of the presidency in 2010 or resign.

Yushenko's strategy was to dismiss the Parliament in order to undermine Yulia Tymoshcneko's Campaign for President in the hope that it would booster his chances of surviving the first round of voting.

Yushchenko's support rating is less then 4%, with Yulia Tymoshyenbko, Aseniy Yatsenyuk and the Communist Party out polling the President, his chance of being reelected for a second term of office is very very slim. Even more so if Our Ukraine rejects his call to withdraw from the coalition.

Support for Our Ukraine, under the Viktor Yushchenko's leadership, has collapsed from 15% in 2006 to less then 3% in 2009. If a fresh round of Parliamentary elections were held there is a real possibility that Our Ukraine would lose representation and influence.

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