Volodymyr Zelenskiy, the TV comedian who won Ukraine's recent election, was sworn in as president on Monday—and immediately called for the country's Parliament to be dissolved so snap elections can be held.
Volodymyr Zelenskiy, the 41 year-old TV comedian who won Ukraine's elections last month, was sworn in as president on Monday and immediately called for the country's Parliament to be dissolved so that snap elections can be held.
His victory made international headlines, in part because the popular entertainer has no previous political and stars in a TV show in which he plays a man who unexpectedly becomes president. "I don't understand our government, which only throws up its hands and tells me that we can't do anything. That's not true -- you can, you can take some paper, take a pen and free up your places for those who will think about the next generation and not about the next elections," he told lawmakers before announcing he was dissolving Parliament.
Quoting Ronald Reagan, who he noted was an actor who became an"awesome president", Zelenskiy said,"Government isn't the solution to our problem, it is the problem." He said he was ready to lose his popularity and his new position for the sake of peace."We didn't start it, but we will end this war," he said, promising his first step would be to return Ukrainian prisoners of war taken by Russia.
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