A comedian who is leading Ukraine’s presidential election race has urged his supporters to propose candidates for top government jobs.
Volodymyr Zelenskiy, who plays the nation’s president in a popular TV series, called on his backers to suggest candidates for prime minister, foreign and defense ministers and other top officials. Zelenskiy said in a video message Monday that Ukrainians have grown sick of presidents naming their friends to key positions.
Opinion polls have shown Zelenskiy ahead of incumbent President Petro Poroshenko and ex-Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko in the runup to the March 31 vote.
Zelenskiy’s popularity has been driven both by …read more
Source: Voice of America
