Yanukovich set to take over as Ukraine leader
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February 17, 2010, Wednesday
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UKRAINE'S parliament yesterday fixed February 25 for the inauguration of Viktor Yanukovich as president, even as rival Yulia Tymoshenko prepared to challenge his election in court.
A majority of 238 deputies in the 450-seat chamber voted in favor of the date for Yanukovich's swearing-in which follows a February 7 runoff vote against Tymoshenko, the prime minister, who says the poll was fraudulently conducted.
Supporters of Tymoshenko, who lost the vote by a narrow margin of 3.5 percentage points according to official results, were due yesterday to begin their appeal in a Kiev high court.
She said that cheating by the Yanukovich camp - which is denied by him - robbed her of victory and she said she does not recognize him as a legitimately elected president.
A member of the Our Ukraine party faction, which is allied to the Tymoshenko bloc, said that in negotiations between the factions yesterday, Tymoshenko had repeated that she would not step down voluntarily as prime minister.
A majority of 238 deputies in the 450-seat chamber voted in favor of the date for Yanukovich's swearing-in which follows a February 7 runoff vote against Tymoshenko, the prime minister, who says the poll was fraudulently conducted.
Supporters of Tymoshenko, who lost the vote by a narrow margin of 3.5 percentage points according to official results, were due yesterday to begin their appeal in a Kiev high court.
She said that cheating by the Yanukovich camp - which is denied by him - robbed her of victory and she said she does not recognize him as a legitimately elected president.
A member of the Our Ukraine party faction, which is allied to the Tymoshenko bloc, said that in negotiations between the factions yesterday, Tymoshenko had repeated that she would not step down voluntarily as prime minister.
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