Yanukovych Refuses to Concede
Associated Press/Jamaica Observer  | December 28, 2004
 

Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych refused Monday to concede defeat in Ukraine's weekend presidential election, and said he would go to the Supreme Court to challenge the results.

"I will never recognise such a defeat, because the constitution and human rights were violated in our country and people died," Yanukovych told reporters in the capital Kiev.

Official results from Sunday's vote, with ballots counted from 99.66 per cent of precincts, gave opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko 52.09 per cent, compared to Yanukovych's 44.12 per cent. Turnout was 77.2 per cent.