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Ukraine is planning to analyze all of the problematic aspects detected by observers during the elections on October 28 in order to further improve electoral legislation, Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has said in an interview with the Cypriot newspaper Fileleftheros. 

The presidential press service reported on Friday that Yanukovych said that “an unprecedentedly great number of international observers” had been invited to the elections, “including representatives of relevant agencies, parliamentary assemblies, and individual countries.”

He noted that these elections had been held under a new law, which was passed with the support of the majority and the parliamentary opposition.

“Today, while summing up the results of the election campaign, one can say with confidence that the electoral process was open and competitive, while voters were able to exercise their will by electing representatives from among a large number of political parties that participated in the elections,” Yanukovych said.

He added that “clear evidence of this is the election to the Verkhovna Rada of two new political forces.”

He also drew attention to problems in several districts with the establishment of the election results, because “candidates had their personal ambitions,” but a compromise has currently been achieved and repeat elections will be held in these disputed districts.

“Thus, we can assume that the Ukrainians elected a new parliament. I’m ready to cooperate with it for the sake of conducting further reform and improving the welfare of our citizens,” Yanukovych said.