(22 Apr 2019) International election observers have praised Ukraine for conducting a presidential election that sets the stage for an orderly transfer of power.
George Tsereteli, special coordinator and leader of the short-term OSCE observer mission, told reporters on Monday: "It’s admirable that the country, or rather its people despite the enormous pressure resulting from foreign occupation and ongoing armed conflict has made this possible,"
Results from the exit poll after voting stations closed showed Volodymyr Zelenskiy receiving an extraordinary 73.2% - or nearly three out of every four votes cast - to President Petro Poroshenko's 25.3%.
If borne out by election returns, the overwhelming victory by Zelenskiy would stand as a crushing rebuke to Poroshenko's five years in office and a verdict on the country's deep-seated corruption, sickly economy and grinding war against Russian-backed separatists in the country's east that has killed over 13,000 people.
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