Ukraine's key election 'rigged'

Published: 22 November 2004 y., Monday
Ukraine's opposition candidate Viktor Yushchenko has accused the authorities of rigging Sunday's fiercely fought presidential run-off. Mr Yushchenko urged his supporters to stage peaceful morning street protests. With 71% of the votes counted, Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych had won 49% of the votes against Mr Yushchenko's 47%, the electoral commission said. However, several exit polls had earlier showed pro-Western Mr Yushchenko ahead of the Moscow-backed prime minister. Ukraine's Central Electoral Commission chief Serhiy Kivalov urged all politicians "to calm down". "The CEC will act strictly in conformity with the law," Mr Kivalov told reporters. Meanwhile, tens of thousands of opposition supporters answered Mr Yushchenko's earlier rallying call to gather in Kiev's Independence Square to demand a fair count of the vote.
Šaltinis: BBC News
Copying, publishing, announcing any information from the News.lt portal without written permission of News.lt editorial office is prohibited.

Facebook Comments

New comment


Captcha

Associated articles

The most popular articles

Malawi gay couple face jail

Tiwonge Chimbalanga and Steven Monjeza are married, but in Malawi homosexuality is banned. more »

Life After Conflict: Surprising Opportunities for Poor People to Escape Poverty

The World Bank today launched the fourth book in the critically acclaimed Moving Out of Poverty series, which provides bottom up perspectives on poverty and local realities by over 60,000 people living in 500 communities in 15 countries. more »

Helping the poor at home

Ten years ago, European leaders pledged to end poverty in the EU by 2010. As this deadline approaches, the goal is still some way off. more »

9 things 2009 will be remembered for

For many 2009 will be a historic year with the coming into force of the Lisbon Treaty, the outcome of the Copenhagen summit and the inauguration of the first black US president. more »

Members share their Christmas traditions with us

Not answering the phone, celebrating Hogmanay and reading Dickens' Christmas Carol are just three seasonal traditions that MEPs shared with us. more »

The EU in our daily lives: Simpler processing of cross-border succession cases

More and more people make their homes and own property in EU countries other than the one in which they hold citizenship. more »

Buzek to citizens: end of year assessment and 2010 outlook

European Parliament President Jerzy Buzek has made an televised Christmas and New Year address to European citizens, looking ahead to the challenges of the coming year. more »

Lithuanians are very eager to learn Europeans

Lithuania takes the 1st position in the EU by the number of students in the country. more »

Russia's Memorial accept Sakharov human rights prize

Sergei Kovalev, former political prisoner turned activist for Russian human rights group Memorial gave an emotional and heartfelt address to the European Parliament on Wednesday 16 December. more »

Council to agree on passenger rights for travel by bus

Strengthened passenger rights for travel by bus are an important item on the agenda when the Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council (TTE) meets on 17–18 December. more »