KIEV: A comedian with no political experience won a landslide victory in Ukraine’s presidential election, drawing congratulations from global leaders while dealing a stunning rebuke to his country’s political establishment.Volodymyr Zelensky, whose only previous political role was playing the president in a TV show, trounced incumbent Petro Poroshenko by taking 73.2% of the vote, according to nearly complete official results released early Monday.Poroshenko garnered just 24.4%, losing to the 41-year-old comedian and actor across the country, with 85% of ballots counted after Sunday’s election.It was an extraordinary outcome to a campaign that started as a joke but struck a chord …read more
Source: theSun
