Ukrainian Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovich said defiantly on Saturday he would take on Opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko in a new election battle, a day after a court stripped him of his title of President-elect.Allegations of electoral fraud by supporters of the Moscow-backed Yanukovich have tarnished his image and reduced his chances of beating the liberal leader in the December 26 re-run of the presidential poll ordered by the Supreme Court.But a wrangle in parliament divided Yushchenko’s allies and indicated his path was still strewn with pitfalls. Yushchenko and the socialist allies who gave him crucial support in the disputed November 21 run-off, found themselves at odds over proposed reforms that would trim the President’s powers.The emergency session failed to agree either this measure or reforms aimed at stopping a repetition of rigging in the re-run.
