The day after Wang Ye left Kyiv, Yanukovych and Yulia publicly announced that they intended to join forces in the election.
The news caused a sensation across the country!
Nothing like this had ever happened before. How could two people run for office as a "team"? And if they won, who would be in charge and who would be second-in-command?
That question was quickly answered, because their new campaign team was led by Yanukovych.
They even publicly announced that if they won, Yanukovych would serve as President and Yulia as Prime Minister!
Well then, the election had not even officially begun, yet they had already decided who would hold which positions.
It was practically like electing candidates for two posts at once...
Yushchenko's camp naturally learned of the news immediately. This came as a huge surprise to them as well.
Based on the advisers' recommendations, Yushchenko's side had planned to talk to Yulia and bring her into their "camp"!
Instead, Yanukovych had beaten them to the punch. Yushchenko's team was caught somewhat off guard and immediately convened an emergency meeting to discuss how to handle this new challenge.
"What exactly happened? Why did Yulia suddenly join forces with Yanukovych? Didn't Yanukovych used to look down on Yulia? In several television interviews, he openly insulted her, saying she was nothing more than a pretty face who knew nothing about politics." Yushchenko asked gloomily, his face clouded with frustration.
Aside from the two assistants he trusted, everyone in the conference room belonged to the advisory team.
One of the assistants hurriedly replied, "According to my investigation, there truly were no signs beforehand. Just a few days ago, the two were still enemies. Yulia had even criticized Yanukovych's campaign platform in various settings, claiming that he had fallen behind the times! Who would