The Ukrainian Communist Party is unhappy with its appointments to parliament and is threatening to withdraw from the parliamentary coalition, Ukrainian Dilo newspaper said.
The Ukrainian parliament formed a majority parliamentary coalition under President Viktor Yanukovych earlier in March and appointed Mykola Azarov as prime minister, ending a political stand-off between the legislature and head of state.
The Communists, also included in the coalition, said that the pro-presidential political force had failed to comply with the agreement of the coalition and this could lead to disintegration and early elections.
Ihor Kaletnyk of the Communist Party was expected to be appointed as the new head of the customs administration last week but the appointment has not yet been made. Leonyd Hrach, one of the Communist Party leaders, said he thinks Yanukovych's Party of Regions have decided against the appointment.
The Communists claim that the Party of Regions is trying to take all power for itself.
"My personal opinion is that the Party of Regions is trying to usurp power. It's outrageous," the deputy of the Ukrainian Communist Party Kateryna Samoilyk said.
The Party of Regions has chosen not to comment on the conflicts in the coalition.
"Absolutely all decisions are agreed with other members of the coalition," deputy of the Party of Regions Mykhailo Chechetov said.
The new majority coalition includes Party of Regions, the Communist Party, the political bloc of parliamentary speaker Volodymyr Lytvyn and several independents. It has 235 members, 27 of whom are the Communist Party members.
If the Communists carry out their threat and withdraw, the coalition will no longer be legitimate as it will lack sufficient votes.
KIEV, March 23 (RIA Novosti)
