The comedian, Volodymyr Zelensky, 41, captured more than 30 percent of the vote, according to two authoritative exit polls. After the polls closed, Zelensky and Poroshenko lost no time in attacking each other. “He dreams of a soft, submissive, gentle, giggling, inexperienced, weak, ideologically amorphous and politically uncertain president,” Poroshenko said. Unlike the Potemkin elections in neighboring Russia and Belarus, the contest in Ukraine offered voters a real choice, with the outcome unknown. Many voters say they feel as if they know him after watching him on television for years, similar to what many Americans say about President Donald Trump.

Source: bd News24 April 01, 2019 07:30 UTC