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- Mar 24, 2011
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This weekend, Ukraine is bond to choose its sixth president from a record number of candidates. The central election commission has registered a record 44 candidates, although one of them later dropped out. According to opinion polls, three hopefuls stand a chance to become the country's sixth president. They are: Petro Poroshenko, a billionaire with a chocolate empire who is also known as the Chocolate King; opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko, once a natural-gas magnate who has the nickname Gas Princess; and a comedian, Volodymyr Zelensky, who has no political experience.
Its Zelenky, the comedian, with no political background, who is leading the polls. This makes the elections very interesting. To have a weak president while in war tug with Russia, majority sees this as a threat to Ukraine. Ukrainians are electing a commander-in-chief who will have to fight a war with Russia until the end of Putin’s term in 2024. That should be a person who has respect in the armed forces and Ukrainian citizens, who can successfully negotiate international support in the West, lobby for the continuation of Western sanctions and halt Russian aggression. That person cannot be a comedian with no experience of politics or international affairs. The second reason as to why Ukraine should not elect a comedian as president is that this act would confirm to Moscow that Ukraine is a fake nation. Russia’s military aggression against Ukraine is rooted in the concept of national identity, with many Russians believing that Ukraine is an artificial, failed state and that Ukrainians are, as Putin repeatedly has stated, a branch of the “Russian people”.
It will be interesting to hear the views of Tanzanians in Ukraine
Its Zelenky, the comedian, with no political background, who is leading the polls. This makes the elections very interesting. To have a weak president while in war tug with Russia, majority sees this as a threat to Ukraine. Ukrainians are electing a commander-in-chief who will have to fight a war with Russia until the end of Putin’s term in 2024. That should be a person who has respect in the armed forces and Ukrainian citizens, who can successfully negotiate international support in the West, lobby for the continuation of Western sanctions and halt Russian aggression. That person cannot be a comedian with no experience of politics or international affairs. The second reason as to why Ukraine should not elect a comedian as president is that this act would confirm to Moscow that Ukraine is a fake nation. Russia’s military aggression against Ukraine is rooted in the concept of national identity, with many Russians believing that Ukraine is an artificial, failed state and that Ukrainians are, as Putin repeatedly has stated, a branch of the “Russian people”.
It will be interesting to hear the views of Tanzanians in Ukraine
