Ukrainians are voting Sunday in an extraordinary presidential election set to see a comedian, Volodymyr Zelensky who plays the president in a TV show oust the incumbent in a stunning rebuke to the establishment.
“We have united Ukraine,” said the beaming frontrunner Zelensky, 41, as he cast his ballot in the capital Kiev.
“Ukrainians will win today. Everything will be alright,” he said, wearing a casual suit with a t-shirt and accompanied by his wife.
Zelensky’s bid to lead the country of 45 million people was initially dismissed as a joke when he announced his candidacy on New Year’s Eve.
But all opinion polls now show incumbent President Petro Poroshenko heading for a crushing defeat amid widespread anger over poverty, corruption and war.
The star of the “Servant of the People” sitcom congratulated Ukrainians celebrating Palm Sunday, a week before Orthodox Easter.
He said he listened to Eminem before voting to…
Source: News Agency of Nigeria
