In the comments Volyn regional deputy Mykola Buliha (a lay representative at the « Unification Council”) made to the Ukrainian agency « Konkurent », he declared the event that « had been expected for 300 years » had finally happened. But he added that « the way it happened is a whole different story matter ». According to him, Metropolitan Mikhail [of the « Kyiv Patriarchate »] was undoubtedly the most likely winner and would have won the majority