Former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili resigned as governor of Ukraine’s Odessa region on Monday with a searing attack on alleged corruption in Kiev, Ukrainian news site Ukrainska Pravda reports.
“The Odessa region is not only being handed to the corrupt, it is being handed to the enemies of Ukraine,” Saakashvili said on Monday. “I will not be silent about this. I have grown truly tired of that.”
The Georgian-born politician was appointed governor by presidential decree last year and his anti-graft campaign, as well as his vehement denunciations of alleged corruption, have led to a rapid surge in his popularity. Last …read more
Source: Newsweek
