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according to which the candidate is going to hold a referendum on the coun- try's joining Nato. "Ukraine's progression to Nato and other security alliances is
a guarantee of our safety, in which I believe and which should receive confir- mation by means of a referendum," the document reads.
The army should be "a prestigious service, where the skills and knowledge
the Nato standards," Interfax news agency quoted Zelenskiy as saying in his programme.
"Law enforcement agencies should cease economic pressure on the business community and return to fulfilling their proper duties of ensuring security of citizens. It's time we restore trust in law enforcement authorities which we cher- ished in the beginning of the reform.
Meanwhile, Zenon Zawada at Kyiv- based brokerage Concorde Capital wrote in a note on February 15 that Zelenskiy’s second-round support against Porosh- enko is even better than Tymoshenko’s. "With such a large gap in polls, there’s no political technology that Poroshenko can use to claim that he was legitimately re-elected," he added.
Zawada believes that no vote manipula- tions can cover that gap, nor the claim that Poroshenko supporters are ashamed to admit so for pollsters.
"Not only does Zelenskiy have more support, but his base electorate – young people of all walks of life – have a bet- ter potential to mobilize mass protests if they conclude the results have been falsified," he wrote in the note. "Given that Poroshenko will go to extremes to surrender the presidency to Zelenskiy – who has loyalty to Poroshenko’s intense business rival Kolomoisky – we believe the president must be considering his options in avoiding the runoff."
“Among decided voters, Zelenskiy has 26.9% support, compared to 17.7% for President Poroshenko”
obtained would be successfully used in the real sector of the economy as well," and the budget for the army should stop being a "feedbox" for "cabinet generals", but provide adequate service condi- tions and development for servicemen instead. "My objective is to ensure that servicemen's salaries is at the level of
The SBU [Ukrainian Security Service] will not deal with economic crimes," the candidate added.
Zelenskiy is also going to introduce
a one-time "zero tax declaration" for businesspeople who declare and legalise their incomes.
Ukraine comedian Zelensky lead in the presidential election polls increases.
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