Sunday, February 14, 2010
KIEV: Yulia Tymoshenko, the loser of Sunday's Ukrainian election, "will never" accept the legitimacy of winner Viktor Yanukovich as the country's president, a Ukrainian newspaper quoting her as saying today.
"I will never recognise the legitimacy of Yanukovich's victory with such elections," a newspaper cited Tymoshenko, who is currently Ukraine's prime minister, as telling a meeting of her party yesterday evening.
Tymoshenko had instructed her lawyers to prepare to contest the electoral results in court, the newspaper's website reported. She also suggested holding a third round of voting, the newspaper added.
Her officials could not immediately be reached for comment on the report. Tymoshenko postponed a news conference she had been scheduled to hold yesterday until today.
It reported that some members of Tymoshenko's party disagreed with her, calling instead for her to acknowledge defeat, step down as prime minister and move into opposition.
Yanukovich, who won the election by a slender 2.9 per cent margin with nearly all votes counted, has called on Tymoshenko to concede defeat.
Western observers declared the elections to be broadly free and fair and in line with democratic standards.
KIEV: Yulia Tymoshenko, the loser of Sunday's Ukrainian election, "will never" accept the legitimacy of winner Viktor Yanukovich as the country's president, a Ukrainian newspaper quoting her as saying today.
"I will never recognise the legitimacy of Yanukovich's victory with such elections," a newspaper cited Tymoshenko, who is currently Ukraine's prime minister, as telling a meeting of her party yesterday evening.
Tymoshenko had instructed her lawyers to prepare to contest the electoral results in court, the newspaper's website reported. She also suggested holding a third round of voting, the newspaper added.
Her officials could not immediately be reached for comment on the report. Tymoshenko postponed a news conference she had been scheduled to hold yesterday until today.
It reported that some members of Tymoshenko's party disagreed with her, calling instead for her to acknowledge defeat, step down as prime minister and move into opposition.
Yanukovich, who won the election by a slender 2.9 per cent margin with nearly all votes counted, has called on Tymoshenko to concede defeat.
Western observers declared the elections to be broadly free and fair and in line with democratic standards.
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