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Ukraine's ex-PM accuses incumbent president of rigging vote
However, former prime minister will not contest the results
02 April, 13:53
(ANSA-AP) - KIEV, APRIL 2 - Ukraine's former prime minister,
who polled third in the nation's tight race for the presidency,
claims that the incumbent president rigged the results in his
favor. Yulia Tymoshenko said at a news conference on Tuesday
that President Petro Poroshenko, who finished second beating
Tymoshenko by less than 2 percentage points, falsified the vote
in his favor. She said, however, that she will not contest the
results as she believes the courts are also controlled by the
president. With nearly 99 percent of the vote counted, comedian
Volodymyr Zelenskiy leads the race with 30 percent. That means
that Ukraine's new president will be elected in a runoff between
Zelenski y and Poroshenko later this month. Tymoshenko was
leading in the polls just a few months before th e election.
(ANSA-AP).
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