Yushchenko refused to sign the budget on December 12, demanding that the government use higher sums to establish the cost of living.
Yushchenko and Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych were rivals in the 2004 presidential election and have often clashed since Yanukovych was named prime minister earlier this year.
(UNIAN, Interfax-Ukraine)
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