By Prensa Latina
Kiev : The Communist Party of Ukraine asked the other political organizations to analyze a draft open letter to the secretary of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).
The Ukrainian communists said the letter, signed by President Viktor Yuschenko, Prime Minister Yulia Timoshenko and the Supreme Rada president for NATO membership, was drawn up without consulting society and Parliament.
The opposition Communist Party urged all patriotic forces and progressive movements in the country to discuss the letter at a roundtable debate.
The NATO issue has paralyzed the Supreme Rada, because the Regions Party led by Viktor Yanukovich demands the implementation of an alternative project, a referendum and the deletion of signatures from the document sent to the NATO headquarters in Brussels.
The letter issued by the Communist Party said national public opinion was not informed about the government’s intentions to sign such a petition.
Most Ukrainians ignore the meaning of the action plan for Ukraine’s NATO membership and the country’s obligations in case of adhesion to the North Atlantic bloc.
According to a poll by the Social-Ukraine Opinion Fund, nearly 60 percent of the population rejects the Yuschenko government’s plan to join the NATO.