Yushchenko: The government is legitimate until elections

In a letter to the Crimean Premier, governors, and mayors of Kyiv and Sevastopol, Victor Yushchenko wrote that the cabinet continued to perform its duties and was absolutely legitimate until parliamentary elections, President's press office informed.

The President substantiated his refusal to accept a recent voting to sack the government and said he had already prepared an appeal to the Constitutional Court to recognize this resolution as illegal. However, he noted that his appeal “cannot be considered, for the Verkhovna Rada has blocked the Constitutional Court.”