Pro-Western Petro Poroshenko wins Ukrainian presidency

pjohns1873
Columnist

Posts: 1,329

Pro-Western Petro Poroshenko wins Ukrainian presidency May 26, 2014 1:06:37 GMT

Quote

Post by pjohns1873 on May 26, 2014 1:06:37 GMT

Pro-Western forces have apparently prevailed in today's election in Ukraine.

From BBC News:

Ukrainian confectionery tycoon Petro Poroshenko has claimed outright victory in the country's presidential election.

Mr Poroshenko, known as the "chocolate king", won more than 55% of the vote in the first round, exit polls suggest.

Announcing he had won, the 48-year-old businessman promised to forge closer links with the EU and restore peace in restive eastern regions. ...

Four hours before polls closed, at 16:00 (13:00 GMT), unofficial estimates put the turnout nationwide at 45%.

Here is the link: BBC News - Petro Poroshenko claims Ukraine presidency

fred
Contributor

Love is far better than hate

Posts: 189

Pro-Western Petro Poroshenko wins Ukrainian presidency May 26, 2014 11:07:04 GMT

Quote

Post by fred on May 26, 2014 11:07:04 GMT

He's claimed a win on 55% of 45% of the population.
That works out at about a 25% vote - not impressive.

www.theguardian.com/world/2014/may/25/petro-poroshenko-ukraine-president-wins-election

Ukrainians flocked to the polling stations on Sunday in what was seen as the most important election since independence. Millions of citizens in the restive east, however, did not vote at all, either because of separatist sympathies, feelings of intimidation by pro-Russian militias or simply a lack of polling stations.

The separatist argument goes, the election is for a president of a foreign country so no need to vote.The element that closed stations, that could be taken either way, depending on your views.
A lack of polling stations is a very few words, but could mean a lot.

It's clear, the separatists disrupted the vote but what isn't much mentioned is, the Ukrainian coup government's total lack of any attempt to secure polling stations in areas they know will likely vote for pro Russian candidates.
Ballot papers never delivered, zero security in places they know are against their American backed coup government and no information passed to people who were in charge of polling stations.

There's a lot more going on here than we are being told about by the mainstream media, most of whom are pumping out the American sewage version of the story.

ShivaTD
Essayist

Posts: 2,969

Politics: Libertarian

Pro-Western Petro Poroshenko wins Ukrainian presidency Jun 2, 2014 13:34:34 GMT

Quote

Post by ShivaTD on Jun 2, 2014 13:34:34 GMT

My only issue is whether he's "Pro-Ukrainian People" as oppose to only be pro-some while ignoring others. A president has be be concerned with all of the people of the nation and not just a few of them.

One of the greatest problems we have in the United States is generally when someone is elected they forget that they also represent those that voted against them.

You give a pothead marijuana with nothing to smoke out of and suddenly they become engineers.