Valentyn NALYVAICHENKO: Opposition can be saved only with new faces

The negotiations of the oppo­si­tion within the Dic­ta­tor­ship Re­si­stan­ce Committee about united actions are a kind of a test. Can they adhere to the dec­la­red principles or does every­one still want to pull the blanket over himself? On February 6 Valentyn Nalyvaichenko, head of the poli­tical council of the Party Our Ukraine was the guest of The Day. He said right away that the oppo­si­tion needs a single list of can­di­dates for majority con­sti­tuen­cy. Is it still possible? Na­ly­vai­chen­ko said: “Oppo­si­tion can be saved only with new faces. I would do my best to bring the leaders of public orga­nizations into the new par­lia­ment. We must unlock this vicious circle.” Besides, we asked Mr. Na­ly­vaichenko about the most recent news – how he would comment on the appointment of the new head of the SBU Ihor Kalinin:

“It is not so important who is appointed, the main thing is what function this person performs. If the new head will collapse the KGB instructions and will turn the SBU into what Ukrainians expect from this institution, it will be good. When will Russian FSB leave our country? Why do we need Russian intelligence agency especially in Sevastopol? Those questions have to be ans­wered. If he will go back to implementation of the principles, including further de-KGBzation, that means the continuation of what was started by Yevhen Mar­chuk and continued during my ti­me in office, it will be good. Today we have to go further and return personal files to the families, return property to local communities. The next task will be the fight against terrorism. In the past years there already have been a couple of cases of terrorist attacks in our country and the intelligence agen­cy hasn’t answered the question about who has organized the attacks, who financed them, etc. By the way, in 2008 I created a unit of state cyber security – this is also an up-to-date issue. The website of Viktor Yushchenko was attacked many times too but it has never collapsed. The website of the MIA has never been dropped from its ser­ver. Cyber security is another issue the new head of the SBU will have to face.”