KIEV — It’s certainly not how Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko expected to kick off his final month of campaigning.
Last week, just over a month before Ukrainians head to the polls on March 31 to choose a new president, journalists uncovered an embezzlement scandal involving military hardware that cost taxpayers millions of dollars. The revelations sparked outrage among voters and accusations of “treason” from Poroshenko’s critics.
The billionaire oligarch’s chief opponent in the presidential race, former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, has called for the Poroshenko to be impeached. Three lawmakers have left his party in protest.
The accusations strike at the heart of …read more
Source: European Voice
