On September 14, 2009 the
Communist Party of Ukraine, the
Social Democratic Party of Ukraine (united), the
Justice Party and the
Union of Leftists signed an agreement on creating the bloc of leftists and center-leftists and a unitary participation in the upcoming presidential election. The Bloc nominated Communist leader
Petro Symonenko for the post of
President of Ukraine. On October 3, 2009 his own Communist Party proposed him, on October 10, 2009 the Justice Party did the same followed by the Union of Leftists on October 16 and the Social Democratic Party of Ukraine (united) on October 17, 2009. The
Socialist Party of Ukraine did not join the bloc but did state on the day of its creation that they would continue to negotiate to join the bloc. The Socialist Party of Ukraine also stated they would have preferred if the bloc would have been created after the presidential election (of 2010). The
Progressive Socialist Party of Ukraine refused to join the union since it did not want to be in the same election bloc as the Socialist Party of Ukraine. The creation of the bloc made ex-
President of Ukraine Leonid Kravchuk leave the Social Democratic Party of Ukraine (united), Kravchuk declared he also was indignant because the political council of the party decided to accomplish that behind the closed doors in non-democratic order. He called the block
"as the artificial union without any perspectives". ==Stances==