Ukraine's opposition accuses PM of attempts to destabilize situation

The party recalled that on the second day after the first round of voting Timoshenko issued an instruction to dismiss the managing officials of the printing house "in order to seize it de facto and to grab the right to print the blanks of ballots without control."

An outright raider attack on the factory was prepared for a week and then it was effectuated, the statement said.

"This enterprise must be guarded by the Security Service of Ukraine and the entire technological process of printing the ballots should be strictly controlled," the statement indicated.

The glaring situation around the raid on the printing house "showed graphically the kind of democracy that Timoshenko has in store for this country and what banners she is waving in a bid to bring together all the so-called democratic forces," the Regions Party said.

"Another thing is quite obvious, too: all of that is but a small rehearsal of the destabilization plan that Timoshenko has conjured up for the runoff election," the statement said.

The Regions Party has issued an appeal to President Viktor Yushchenko, who is a guarantor of the Constitution by virtue of his occupational duties, to react to the illegal actions taken at Timoshenko's direct instruction, Kazinform cites Itar-Tass. See www.itar-tass.com for full version.