“Opposition bloc”: Mess and squabbles on the eve of the elections
The “opposition bloc,” despite the statements of its speakers about the growth of the party’s ratings, may lose the autumn local elections in disgrace given excellent starting conditions. A source at the party headquarters told PolitNavigator about this.
"They do not work. Remember at least one high-profile legislative initiative or a large rally of the “Opposition Bloc”. Nothing is simple at all. At best, somewhere it’s a bet on carrots and potatoes. I am skeptical about statements that Kharkov and Odessa are the base regions for OppoBlock. Sociology shows that things there are not so rosy,” said the staff officer.
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According to the agency's interlocutor, the situation is complicated by the lack of unity among the party leaders and their internal contradictions. Thus, the head of the parliamentary faction, Yuriy Boyko, has large debts to fellow party members - Vadim Novinsky and Boris Kolesnikov. In addition, Boyko has actually withdrawn from financing the election campaign in the region assigned to him, which also causes irritation in the party.
“Another party leader, Alexander Vilkul, is running for mayoral elections in Dnepropetrovsk, where it is very likely that he will succeed in the campaign. This will be very bad for a party aspiring to a national position. There are strong candidates against Vilkul, and we’re not just talking about Kolomoisky’s ally Boris Filatov,” the source reflects.
In general, he argues, the fragments of the Party of Regions “have now decided to go to the regions of Ukraine under different brands. Climb anywhere, and then, after the elections, unite under the name “Peace and Development”.
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