Kiev: 21, 2019: Ukrainians on Sunday went to the polls to elect a new parliament as comedian-turned-president Volodymyr Zelensky seeks to bring in political novices and consolidate his power.
Zelensky’s newly-created party is expected to win the
largest share of the votes in the election that should usher in a new era in
the country dominated up to now by politicians who grew up when the country was
part of the Soviet Union.
The leader’s party Servant of the People -- named after a
sitcom in which he played a president -- is predicted to get roughly half of
the vote even though it barely existed before Zelensky won a landslide victory
in an April presidential vote.
The outgoing parliament, dominated by Zelensky’s
predecessor Petro Poroshenko, has been hostile to the actor, who called a snap
election during his swearing-in as president.
"He was elected but he can’t do anything. They
(lawmakers) constantly put sticks in his wheels and dump his ideas,"
Valentyna, an 82-year-old pensioner who voted for Zelensky’s party early in
central Kiev, told.
Zelensky’s rise has been viewed as a rejection of
Ukraine’s political elite for failing to improve living standards, root out
corruption and end the conflict with Russian-backed separatists that began in
2014 after a popular uprising ousted a pro-Moscow president.
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