Via the LAT: Ukraine’s Yulia Tymoshenko under pressure to concede in presidential race
the Central Election Commission announced that it was no longer statistically possible for Tymoshenko to win. With almost all of the votes counted, Yanukovich was leading 48.7% to 45.7%, the agency said. Most of the remaining ballots were marked "against all," a sign of the deep dissatisfaction among some voters.
It’s not just the Election Commission that is saying that Yanukovich won,but international observers as well:
"It is now time for the country’s political leaders to listen to the people’s verdict and make sure that the country’s transition is peaceful and constructive," said Joao Soares, president of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe’s Parliamentary Assembly and head of its observation mission.
Nevertheless, Tymoshenko appears to be unwilling to concede and is seeking a court fight over the results according to an NPR report this morning.
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