Kyiv city organization of the Our Ukraine party has decided to expel the party leader, Viktor Yuschenko, from the party.
Head of the Political Council of Our Ukraine Party Serhiy Bondarchuk announced this decision at a briefing on Saturday.
He cited the decision of Kyiv city organization of the Our Ukraine party, which states that during the 2012 parliamentary elections Yuschenko ordered to replace members of district and precinct election committees of the Ukrainian People's Party and the Our Ukraine in southern and eastern regions of the country by representatives of the Party of Regions, which "caused significant damage to the authority of the party."
"By doing so, Viktor Yuschenko betrayed the program statements of the Our Ukraine party," the decision reads.
The document also says that Yuschenko did not comply with the undertaken commitment to pay the party's debts for 2009.
In addition, "in order to avoid reporting and accountability, through the presidium members controlled by him," Yuschenko is obstructing the holding of the party's congress and "trying to usurp the leadership of the party illegally."
"The council decided to expel Viktor Andriyovych Yuschenko from the Our Ukraine Party," the decision reads.
As reported, on January 26, supporters of Yuschenko and supporters of Bondarchuk tried to conduct two parallel meetings of the party's political council in different locations.
The head of the Our Ukraine's political council believes that Yuschenko is trying to split the party.
