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Ukraine's Supreme Court turns down complaints from Yanukovych
11/1/2005 3:44

Ukraine's Supreme Court turned down on Monday four more complaints from presidential candidate Viktor Yanukovych's team against the Central Election Commission.

The four complaints, which had been submitted to the court against CEC's Dec. 30 decisions, were rejected on the grounds that their contents did not meet the requirements of election law, according to Liana Shlyaposhnikova, a Court spokeswoman.

Shlyaposhnikova said the complaints also did not contain concrete requirements and did not specify how the candidate's
rights had been violated and how to restore them.

The CEC on Dec. 30 rejected to consider complaints from Yanukovych's representatives in local election districts,
demanding to annul ballot results in their districts.

The Supreme Court's ruling came as the CEC was to announce the final official results of the Dec. 26 revote of the presidential election.

The preliminary results gave Yanukovych's rival, the opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko, a win with 51.99 percent of the vote against Yanukovych's 44.19 percent.

However, Yanukovych, who resigned as prime minister, has said he will never concede defeat.



 Xinhua