Yanukovych calls on PM to resign
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February 11, 2010, Thursday
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UKRAINIAN opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych called on defeated rival Yulia Tymoshenko to resign as prime minister yesterday, turning up the pressure even as her camp contested the result of Sunday's presidential election.
Setting out his program, Yanukovych said that while relations with Russia and countries of the former Soviet Union would be his priority, Ukraine needed help "from West and East" to stabilize its economy and restructure debt.
With all votes counted in the Central Election Commission, Yanukovych ended with 48.95 percent to Tymoshenko's 45.47 percent, a lead of 3.48 percentage points or some 888,000 votes.
"I officially turn to the prime minister and call on her to resign and cross to the opposition," Yanukovych, 59, said in his first policy statement since the election.
"The country does not need another political crisis. The nation has spoken for a change in power and the prime minister should take the right decision and enter opposition."
The charismatic Tymoshenko has not been seen publicly since election night on Sunday when she urged her regional representatives to check the vote-count carefully and "fight for every vote." Her supporters have forced a recount in some regions.
Setting out his program, Yanukovych said that while relations with Russia and countries of the former Soviet Union would be his priority, Ukraine needed help "from West and East" to stabilize its economy and restructure debt.
With all votes counted in the Central Election Commission, Yanukovych ended with 48.95 percent to Tymoshenko's 45.47 percent, a lead of 3.48 percentage points or some 888,000 votes.
"I officially turn to the prime minister and call on her to resign and cross to the opposition," Yanukovych, 59, said in his first policy statement since the election.
"The country does not need another political crisis. The nation has spoken for a change in power and the prime minister should take the right decision and enter opposition."
The charismatic Tymoshenko has not been seen publicly since election night on Sunday when she urged her regional representatives to check the vote-count carefully and "fight for every vote." Her supporters have forced a recount in some regions.
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