The decision of the OU-PSD Bloc’s Political Council to recommend Vyacheslav Kyrylenko for the post of the faction chief will be announced by President of Ukraine Victor Yushchenko at a meeting with the future lawmakers of OU-PSD today, according to Kommersant-Ukraine.

“The decision to appoint Vyacheslav Kyrylenko as the faction leader was agreed on Monday absolutely with members of the political council, and was unanimously supported”, OU-PSD political council member Yuri Karmazin disclosed. In the opinion of Kommersant, his statement indirectly confirms that OU-PSD political council members refused from their previous decision to propose Mr.Kyrylenko for the post of the Verkhovna Rada Speaker.

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It is expected that at the today’s meeting with newly elected OU-PSD lawmakers, Victor Yushchenko will recommend them to support a new candidacy – that of the Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine Ivan Pliushch for the post of Speaker.