Quotable notes

"Indeed, I and [Our Ukraine leader Viktor] Yushchenko are political opponents. But there has not been and cannot be any war between us. So, there cannot be any reconciliation between us. But as regards the improvement of relations - why not? If, for example, Yushchenko makes his faction vote for political reform, I will welcome this step with all my heart. My reaction will be the same if he supports a single presidential candidate proposed by the parliamentary majority. I think it would be wise for him [to do so]."

- Presidential administration chief Viktor Medvedchuk, as quoted by the Ukrainska Pravda website on June 5 and cited by RFE/RL Poland and Ukraine Report.

The tragedy [of Ukraine] is not only in the fact that [President Leonid] Kuchma [may run for a third term], but also in the fact that [Our Ukraine leader Viktor] Yushchenko and [Prime Minister Viktor] Yanukovych mean a Kuchma-3 scenario, too. They are [Kuchma's] children - he begot them and brought them up."

- Ukrainian Communist Party chairman Petro Symonenko, as quoted by the Glavred website on June 3 and cited by RFE/RL Poland and Ukraine Report.

Copyright © The Ukrainian Weekly, June 13, 2004, No. 24, Vol. LXXII

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