A new political season has started in Ukraine looking more like a new front in the war of politics. The upcoming fall, winter and spring will be very hot for the presidential election campaign. So will be the summer and the preparation for the parliamentary elections in October 2019. Anything not linked to the elections will be secondary.
Elections in a country at a hybrid war, with some candidates playing on the side of the enemy although it’s hard to know exactly who does so, are a risky game. Betting on the wrong candidates will cost Ukraine the loss of independence. This time, it’s not just about a likeable candidate beating an unlikeable one, or not. In fact, there isn’t much choice at all. Ukrainians will have to choose between the greater and the lesser evil.
The first days of the Parliament’s work after the summer break illustrated this. MPs are already busier creating pre-election chaos and turbulence than actually doing their work. Yulia Tymoshenko already sees herself as president, adding anxiety with rhetoric about a Poroshenko-led oligarch conspiracy, ultimate robbing of the country, promises of putting everyone behind bars and confiscating from the rich after her victory.
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