17:11, 08 December 2009 | GMT +5
Yushchenko says he will not be PM if he loses presidential election
KIEV. December 8. KAZINFORM Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko said on Monday that he would not agree to prime minister's post if he loses the presidential election on January 17, 2010, Kazinform refers to Itar-Tass.

"I will say sincerely that I won't be prime minister," the president told ICTV television commenting on rumours that he had agreed on that post with the leader of the Party of Regions, Viktor Yanukovich, who is one of the presidential race favourites. "I will not be prime minister because I will be president," he added.
He did not rule out, however, that the nation would make a different choice, adding that this would not be a tragedy for him, Kazinform cites Itar-Tass. See www.itar-tass.com