ON OCTOBER 25TH ? THE UKRAINIANS WILL VOTE FOR A NEW POLITICAL LEADER ? BUILDING A UNITED UKRAINE
Ukrainians were to vote on January 17th 2010 for a new president. However the Ukrainian Parliament voted overwhelmingly on April 1st 2009, to keep the presidential elections on October 25 2009, three months ahead of the end of President Viktor Yushchenko's first term of office. Why did the parliament vote for this early election date? There are more than one answer to this. The front runners for president see a threat in a new rising candidate which will gain by more time, and they want to cut him short of this so he does not win to much votes. Another explanation is that the Ukrainian politicians up ... more»




