Arseniy Yatseniuk Candidate for Ukraine's president Arseniy Yatseniuk has said he is totally against the postponement of presidential elections due to the possible introduction of a state of emergency in the country in connection with the flu epidemic.

"It seems to me that this [introduction of the state of emergency] is a way to postpone the elections. If the issue concerns this, then I want to say very clearly that Ukraine needs a new president... So nobody will manage to postpone the elections," he said on the Shuster Live show on the Ukraina TV Channel late on Friday.

The secretariat of the Ukrainian president is already discussing the possible postponement of the presidential election date from January until May 2010 if the state of emergency is declared in the country due to the flu epidemic.