Possibility of a snap election in the Ukraine increases

The probability of an early election in the Ukraine looks one step closer  after the ruling coalition broke up after the People’s Front party quit outgoing President Petro Poroshenko’s faction.

This potentially paved the way for incoming President Volodymyr Zelensky to call a snap election.

Parliament now has one month to form a new coalition or else the president can dissolve parliament and call snap parliamentary elections.

Zelensky won a landslide against Poroshenko last month but his newly formed party lacks any representation in parliament.

A snap election would probably suit Zelensky, whose popularity is high and whose party is on course to win the election while falling short of a majority.

Zelensky, a comedian with no prior political experience, is due to be inaugurated on Monday.

Via VOA