TV comic Volodymyr Zelenskiy may transcend Ukraine's deepest political schism which has long played into the Russian hands
Ukrainian comic actor and presidential candidate Volodymyr Zelenskiy flashes a victory sign following the announcement of the first exit poll in a presidential election at his campaign headquarters in Kiev, Ukraine March 31, 2019. The king is losing to a jester.
In real life, Zelenskiy ran a taped-together campaign without a coherent programme or running mates. He gave only a handful of interviews, campaigned via online videos and satirical shows in jam-packed concert halls – and won the hearts and minds of millions throughout Ukraine. Zelenskiy managed to get more than 30 percent of the March 31 vote, slightly more than his main rivals combined. Poroshenko was a distant second with 16 percent, and former premiere Yulia Tymoshenko was farther behind with 13 percent.got the rest of the vote ending their parts in the most crowded election in Ukraine’s history.
Some observers say that the all-national victory stems from Zelenskiy’s lack of concise, coherent promises and a vague reformist agenda open to interpretation by opposing political camps.
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