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Viktor Shlinchak, Head of the Institute of World Policy’s Supervisory Council, delivered a speech at the International conference “Parliamentary elections in Ukraine, will they become a step to Europe?”, which was held in Warsaw. The conference was organized by the Institute of Ukrainian policy, the Foundation ´Ukrainian politics´ and the Studium for East European Studies at Warsaw University.Viktor Shlinchak, Head of the Institute of World Policy’s Supervisory Council, delivered a speech at the International conference “Parliamentary elections in Ukraine, will they become a step to Europe?”, which was held in Warsaw. The conference was organized by the Institute of Ukrainian policy, the Foundation ´Ukrainian politics´ and the Studium for East European Studies at Warsaw University.

The conference was attended by Ukrainian politicians, such as People’s Deputies Andriy Shevchenko (BYUT-Batkivshchyna), Yulia Lyovochkyna (Party of Regions), Oleh Zarubinskiy (Lytvyn’s Bloc) and famous experts – Kost’ Bondarenko ( Head of the Executive Board of the Institute of Ukrainian Policy), Yenhen Kopat’ko (President of the «R&B Group»), Volodymyr Fesenko (Head of the Executive Board of the Center for Applied political Studies “Penta”), Oleksandr Chernenko (Head of the Ukrainian voters’ committee), and Serhiy Rakhmanin (deputy editor-in-chief of the “Mirror of the Week” Weekly).

In his speech Viktor Shlinchak emphasized “the separation lines between Ukrainian authorities and opposition has been slowly, as each party in power in Ukraine tends to be an authoritarian one.” “On the one hand – he continued, – ruling coalition can not boast with efficient reforms, while, on the other hand, opposition has not come up with more effective development programs. All they do is racing for power. Opposition frequently plays according to the agenda written by Yanukovych’s Administration.”

Head of the IWP’s Supervisory Board also stated that “although society does expect the new faces in power, it does not come up and does not support new leaders. Authorities, as well as opposition, are also not interested in new leaders. Electoral ratings of both power and opposition are not growing. The majority of voters does not accept either former or current parties in power. However, one should admit that there are no preconditions for renovation of political configuration in the Parliament. It’s a shame. Enlargement of political parties can lead to polarization of the party system of Ukraine, where the Party of Regions with its satellites will be the one polar, while BYUT with its satellites will be on the opposite one.”