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HOW MANY COALITION DRAFTS DO UKRAINE'S ORANGE FORCES HAVE? Socialist Party Secretary Yosyp Vynskyy told journalists on May 15 that the three allies of the 2004 Orange Revolution coalition -- the Yuliya Tymoshenko Bloc, the Socialist Party, and Our Ukraine -- have agreed on a draft coalition agreement on forming a new government following the March 26 parliamentary elections and will sign it "in the coming few days," Interfax-Ukraine and the "Ukrayinska pravda" website (http://www.pravda.com.ua) reported. According to Vynskyy, the draft agreement stipulates that the Yuliya Tymoshenko Bloc will receive 50 percent of the government posts, the Socialist Party one-seventh of them, and Our Ukraine the remaining amount. Meanwhile, Our Ukraine spokesman Tetyana Mokridi said on May 16 that Our Ukraine continues working on a coalition accord, but she failed to explain how this accord is related to that mentioned by Vinskyy. Moreover, "Kommersant-Ukraine" on May 16 quoted Roman Zvarych of Our Ukraine as saying that the bloc is working on its "own" coalition document. "Yes, Vynskyy has handed me something in a red file, but I don't know what precisely. We have our own draft agreement prepared," Zvarych said. JM