Parliament dealt an early blow to President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Wednesday by ...
KIEV - Parliament dealt an early blow to President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Wednesday by rejecting proposed changes to Ukraine’s voting system before a snap national election, which the speaker said lawmakers would seek to annul.
With his new party having no seats in parliament, he quickly dissolved the legislature and scheduled a national election for July 21. “They are counting on money and buckwheat to get them to the Verkhovna Rada again. But I’m convinced that they are wrong,” he said. “Buckwheat” refers to the practice of bribing voters during elections.
During campaigning, Zelenskiy promised to scrap Ukraine’s mixed voting system, which he believes would narrow the scope for corruption and vote buying.
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