KIEV, Nov. 13 ??“ Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych said Monday that Internal Affairs Minister Yuriy Lutsenko, a loyalist to President Viktor Yushchenko, may be dismissed from the government after reports suggested he may lead Yushchenko??™s party.

Lutsenko, a popular politician that had so far been denying plans of joining any political party, on Saturday unexpectedly showed up at a congress of Our Ukraine to give a speech.