Victory on hold: Ukrainian court suspends election results
Published: 18 February, 2010, 01:00
Edited: 21 February, 2010, 05:53
Posters and banners with Yulia Tymoshenko running for president in Ukraine on the streets of Lviv (RIA Novosti / Alexander Mazurkevich, STR)
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Hopes of Viktor Yanukovich settling into the presidential hot seat have been put on hold after the country’s Supreme Administrative Court suspended the results of the run-off election.
It follows an appeal by his rival Prime Minister Yulia Timoshenko who has claimed the ballot was rigged.
According to Timoshenko, the appeal, which she filed personally, is comprised of nine volumes. It contains evidence of election falsifications, such as photographs and videotapes, she told the media.
Earlier on Tuesday, about 200 supporters of the Party of Regions gathered near the court. Activists told reporters they were holding a demonstration in support of President-elect Viktor Yanukovich.
International observers had declared the election free and fair, but the Prime Minister's team says it has eight volumes of evidence proving fraudulent activities took place.
The court is to decide the final outcome of the election by next Thursday, which also happens to be inauguration day.
Meanwhile, Yulia Timoshenko’s election campaign office will insist on the abolition of Rada’s decision to set Yanukovich’s inauguration for February 25. Ukraine's first vice-premier Aleksandr Turchinov said there can be no inaugurations and oaths until the court makes its final decision.
Members of the Party of Regions are sure that the resolve of the country’s Supreme Administrative Court “will not influence the date of the inauguration.” The deputy head of Ukraine’s electoral commission Andrey Magera shares this point of view.
In addition, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine has already sent out invitations to the inauguration to world leaders.
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We do not want her, I witnessed the election here in Yalta and there was no foul play. Steve Yalta
Ukrainians, such a culturally divided people will not have rest until they are unite in one country. Every European country has his own regionalisms and different cultural heritage within, but Ukraine is made of two different populations with different language, religion, genetics and history. That country should be split in two so each part can choose its own path without hampering the other. More over forced ukrainization can lead only to a civil war in a democratic environment based on human rights. The Eastern part should join the R-B Union and the Western the EU ans NATO (if accepted). The history taught that there is no other political solution.
February 17, 2010, 00:39, Norman Hill wrote > The Al Gore recount of 2000 PART II! There is a winning team: Timoshenko and Al Gore! You probably mistyped "Timoshenko and the Son of a Bush" ;-)