In the former-Soviet Republic of Ukraine there is still no president. Ukraine held elections yesterday and Viktor Yanukovych got 3.5% more of the vote then his rival Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko. Prime Minister Tymoshenko has filed a lawsuit with Ukraine's Higher Administrative Court to contest the official results.
She wants a recount but the outside observers say there was no fraud.
CNN online has got the story.
According to Wikipedia:
Ukraine is a republic under a mixed semi-parliamentary semi-presidential system with separate legislative, executive, and judicial branches. The President is elected by popular vote for a five-year term and is the formal head of state.
Ukraine's legislative branch includes the 450-seat unicameral parliament, the Verkhovna Rada. The parliament is primarily responsible for the formation of the executive branch and the Cabinet of Ministers, which is headed by the Prime Minister.
Laws, acts of the parliament and the cabinet, presidential decrees, and acts of the Crimean parliament may be abrogated by the Constitutional Court, should they be found to violate the Constitution of Ukraine. Other normative acts are subject to judicial review. The Supreme Court is the main body in the system of courts of general jurisdiction. Local self-government is officially guaranteed. Local councils and city mayors are popularly elected and exercise control over local budgets. The heads of regional and district administrations are appointed by the president.
Ukraine has a large number of political parties, many of which have tiny memberships and are unknown to the general public. Small parties often join in multi-party coalitions (electoral blocs) for the purpose of participating in parliamentary elections.
In something that people might remember the current leader in the race, Yanukovych was accused of stealing an election in 2004. The Orange Revolution really put our post-election process to shame that year.
And now we wait for the court to rule.
It should be noted that after the Orange revolution the power of the President in Ukraine was decreased and given to parliament. That being said the President is still powerful.
UPDATE
Previous information deleted to be fact checked and will be reposted.
Wikipedia has a page for more information on the election. here.