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Article: Presidential elections premature
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- The Ukrainian Weekly
- Article date:
- May 8, 1994
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Christopher Guly
Ukrainian Weekly, The
05-08-1994
Presidential elections premature.
A petition issued last week by 120 of 338 parliamentary deputies elected this spring has once again placed in doubt the presidential elections scheduled for June 26 in Ukraine.
Although there are currently eight candidates who have announced their intentions to run for top dog, it is impossible that any one of them will receive the majority of the popular vote needed to be elected. Thus, run-offs will be necessary, keeping Ukraine's political and economic course adrift, like a ship without its captain, for months to come.
"We are certain that postponement of the presidential elections is vital for the ...