Orange camp figure fails to win majority
Orange Revolution heroine Yulia Tymoshenko fell one vote short of the parliamentary majority needed to become prime minister, prompting her supporters to cry foul.
Tymoshenko, nominated by President Viktor Yushchenko after September elections that gave their parties a razor-thin edge in the 450-seat parliament, received 225 votes.
Approval would have cemented the resurgence of her partnership with Yushchenko. Together, they led the peaceful protests of 2004 that helped Yushchenko win the presidency and put her in the prime minister’s office until a split seven months later.
Tymoshenko accused opponents of rigging the vote, which the party of outgoing Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovich denied.
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