Mr. Yanukovich is from the old school. It is not surprising that he does not want to see elections.
Onésimo Alvarez-Moro
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Viktor Yanukovich, Ukraine's prime minister, vowed that his governing coalition would not submit to last week's disputed presidential decree ordering early parliamentary elections.
Writing in the Financial Times, he said: "The constitution of Ukraine defines specific circumstances under which the president has the right to dissolve parliament and call an early election. None of these existed."
Backed by a majority of legislators, Mr Yanukovich has held firm in a two-week constitutional standoff with President Viktor Yushchenko which has plunged Ukraine into its worst political crisis since the Orange Revolution of 2004.
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