Timoshenko is not resigning premiership

"We have heard from the prime minister that she is not going to resign the post," he said.

He quoted her as saying that "the presidential election has nothing to do with the parliament or with the situation in the government."

Timoshenko told the faction's meeting that her bloc was not going to support the idea of changing the date of local elections, scheduled for May 30.

Earlier, Viktor Yanukovich, officially announced as the winner in Ukraine's presidential election, addressed Timoshenko with a call to step down of her own record. Timoshenko was Yanukovich's rival in the presidential election runoff on February 7.

According to Ukraine's legislation the parliamentary majority sets up the country's government. The Cabinet headed by Yulia Timoshenko came into power in December 2007, Kazinform cites Itar-Tass. See www.itar-tass.com for full version.