Having criticized the gas agreements, Finance Minister Viktor Pynzenyk chose vacation over resignation. Pynzenyk took a vacation until the end of the election campaign. The Finance Ministry's press service distributed an official announcement about the vacation in the afternoon yesterday. "The finance minister coordinated his vacation with Prime Minister Yuriy Yekhanurov," the ministry's press service explained to "DELO," but could not name the date from which the minister's vacation begins. \n \nIn Pynzenyk's reception office, "DELO" was told that the minister was at work yesterday and held an off-site meeting. They knew nothing there about a vacation or resignation of the leadership. \n \nThe information that Pynzenyk had written a resignation letter appeared yesterday morning. It was confirmed by the minister's colleague in the "Reforms and Order" party, Volodymyr Filenko. According to him, the letter was written back on February 14, since the minister decided to focus on the election campaign. \n \nThe president's press secretary, Iryna Herashchenko, in an interview with "DELO" said that she did not have information about the minister's resignation at her disposal, and recalled that on February 15 Pynzenyk accompanied the president during his trip to Dnipropetrovsk region and, as minister, participated in a meeting on issues of developing the rocket and space complex. \n \nThe PRP press service said that there would be no official comments regarding a possible resignation, since "the situation could still be turned around." \n \nPynzenyk already went on vacation for four days – from February 1 to 4 – precisely at the time when the agreement on creating a joint venture between "RosUkrEnergo" and NJSC "Naftogaz Ukrainy" was signed. During the vacation, he gave an interview in which he criticized the gas agreements and called them risky for the financial stability of the state. \n \n"Provided prices for gas for the population remain unchanged and marginal prices for the economy at $110, we can speak of the possibility of balancing the budget," Pynzenyk stated, speaking at a parliament session on February 14, noting that there is no clear guarantee of fixing the gas price in the agreements. "The gas price may change upon a justified demand from 'RosUkrEnergo,' moreover 'retroactively,'" the minister emphasized. \n \nPublished in the newspaper "DELO" No. 80 of February 17, 2006. \n \n \nRead also: \n \nPYNZENYK SUBMITTED A RESIGNATION or simply went on vacation \n \nPetro Poroshenko: Finance Minister Pynzenyk, leader of the PRP, submitted a letter to concentrate on the elections