BYuT, Our Ukraine, and the Socialists agreed between themselves the distrubution of positions in the government, an informed source of Ukrayinska Pravda reports.
MINISTERIAL OFFICES
Therefore, the Block of Tymoshenko will control the following offices:
- the Prime Minister;
- the First Deputy Speaker of Parliament;
- the Minister of Agriculture;
- the Minister of Economy;
- the Minister of Fuel and Energy;
- the Minister of Coal Mining;
- the Minister of Construction and Architecture;
- the Minister of Culture;
- the Minister of Emergencies;
- the Minister of Health Care;
- the Minister of Finance;
- the Head of the State Property Fund;
- the Head of the State Committee on TV and Radio Broadcasting.
At the same time, Our Ukraine will control the following offices:
- the Speaker of Verhovna Rada;
- the Deputy Prime Minister on Regional Policy;
- the Minister of Labor;
- the Minister of Industrial policy;
- the Minister of Youth and Sports;
- the Minister of Internal Affairs;
- the Minister of Justice;
- the Head of Antimonopoly Committee.
Socialists obtained the right to nominate the following positions:
- the First Deputy Prime Minister;
- the Minister of Environment;
- the Minister of Education;
- the Minister of Transportation and Communications;
- the Ombudsman of Verhovna Rada on Human Rights.
Additionally, according to the informed source of Ukrayinska Pravda, Our Ukraine will control the Parliamentary Committee on Budget and the Parliamentary Committee on Banking and Finance. The total number of Parliamentary Committees planned for Our Ukraine is seven.
At the same time, the Socialists will control the Parliamentary Committees on Fuels and Energy, on Economic Policy, and on Foreign Affairs.
PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEES
Our Ukraine obtained control over the following Committees:
- on Agrarian Policy;
- on Budget Policy;
- on Banking and Finance;
- on Industrial Policy;
- on Human Rights;
- on Agenda;
- on National Security;
- on Health Care;
- on European Integration.
BYuT gained control of the following Committees:
- on Fighting the Organized Crime;
- on Construction and Residential Issues;
- on Transportation and Communications;
- on Social and Pension Policy;
- on Ecology;
- on State Building;
- on Legal Policy;
- on Industrial Policy;
- on Freedom of Speech;
- on Cultural Issues;
- on Youth and Sports;
- on Science and Technology;
- on Protection of Veterans and People with Special Needs
Socialists will obtain control of the following Committees:
- on Fuel and Energy;
- on Economic Policy;
- on Foreign Affairs.
Additionally a member fo BYuT faction Serhiy Polishchuk told the journalists in his interview that BYuT will possibly obtain the positions of the head of NAK Naftogas, the State Tax Administration and the State Treasury.
According to Mr. Polishchuk, Our Ukraine will gain control over all the law-enforcement ministries and in particular the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Ministy of Defense, UNIAN reports.
The offices of Deputy Speaker, the Head of Audit Chamber, and the Head of the Special Commission on Privatization are allotted for the Opposition. Moreover, the Opposition is to receive the right to nominate First Deputy Heads of Parliamentary Commissions.
Ukrayinska Pravda.
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