Yushchenko: I’ll prosecute officials

UKRAINIAN opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko promised yesterday to prosecute government officials for crimes committed during the last decade should he win the country’s December 26 re-run of the presidential election.

Yushchenko: I’ll prosecute officials

Mr Yushchenko faces prime minister Viktor Yanukovich in the repeat of the November 21 vote. The Supreme Court threw out Mr Yanukovich’s victory in that run-off, saying it was invalidated by fraud.

Mr Yushchenko singled out the murder of journalist Hrihoriy Gongadze as an example of a crime that will not go unpunished should he be elected. President Leonid Kuchma was accused of involvement in the case, although he has denied the allegations.

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