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Ukraine's Tymoshenko in poll vow | Ukraine's Tymoshenko in poll vow |
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Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has vowed to challenge the results of the country's recent presidential elections in court. | Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has vowed to challenge the results of the country's recent presidential elections in court. |
In her first public comments since Viktor Yanukovych was officially declared the winner, Mrs Tymoshenko said the ballot was rigged. | In her first public comments since Viktor Yanukovych was officially declared the winner, Mrs Tymoshenko said the ballot was rigged. |
Mr Yanukovych has called on his rival to abandon her protests and resign. | Mr Yanukovych has called on his rival to abandon her protests and resign. |
International observers gave the election a clean bill of health, saying Mr Yanukovych won by a margin of 3.48%. | International observers gave the election a clean bill of health, saying Mr Yanukovych won by a margin of 3.48%. |
"I want to clearly state: Yanukovych is not our president," Mrs Tymoshenko said in a live televised broadcast. | |
"Whatever happens in future, he will never become the legitimately elected president of Ukraine." | |
But she said she would not call people on to the streets to protest, as she had done after the 2004 election. | |
"I will not call another Maidan [Independence Square demonstration] and will not allow public protests," she said. | |
Mrs Tymoshenko led the 2004 Orange Revolution, which ousted Mr Yanukovych, whose victory then was ruled fraudulent. |