KIEV, Feb. 16 ??“ Finance Minister Viktor Pynzenyk has taken two months off to campaign for his party at the upcoming general election, Prime Minister Yuriy Yekhanurov said Thursday responding to speculations that the minister has resigned.

Pynzenyk, who recently criticized natural gas agreements between Ukraine and Russia, submitted his resignation letter, but it hadn??™t been accepted by President Viktor Yushchenko, a newswire reported citing a person.