Court Upholds Ukrainian Election Results

Ukraine's Supreme Administrative Court has thrown out a lawsuit filed by five political parties claiming voting fraud in the September 30 Parliamentary election. This ruling paves the way for the formation of a new government, most likely with Yulia Tymoshenko as Prime Minister.

The following parties contested the election results:

• All-Ukrainian Party of People's Trust
• Communist Pary
• Party of Free Democrats
• Progressive Socialist Party
• Socialist Party

Of these five, only the Communist Party received enough votes to win seats in the Verkhovna Rada.

Look for official returns to be published in the "Voice of Ukraine" and "Uryadovyy Courier"/"Governmental Courier" within the next several days.

Ukraine's constitution calls for the first session of the new parliament to sit within 30 days of the poll results being officially published. A government must then be formed within 30 days of that first parliamentary sitting.