"Ukrainians Hate Their President". The Country Celebrated Poroshenko’s Birthday with Mockery
"It's time to get off the throne". That's how the committee of relatives of the dead fighters of the so-called anti-terrorism operation congratulated the head of Ukraine on his birthday. Pyotr Poroshenko turned 52 today. It’s not an anniversary, of course. But in the Kharkov Region, where widows and mothers of the murdered gathered, people, apparently, decided not to wait for a good round figure.
They demanded nothing less than to begin the impeachment procedure. They recalled, first of all, his promise to end the armed conflict in the southeast in a matter of hours. Of course, he didn’t keep it.
They called on him to leave so "a good president" could replace him, and after that, "to answer for crimes." These are quotations. In fact, it's not fun. However, the Ukrainian leader doesn’t seem to care much. He can give it a wave of the hand.
After all, this video, published on the page of the Poroshenko Foundation in Facebook, was distributed more widely. It shows his wife, Marina Poroshenko. And then their children. They don’t just congratulate him but literally pile on compliments and epithets that fit every taste and even call him master. It lasts five minutes. It was titled, as we can say, in a family way. "Congratulations to Pyotr Poroshenko from Relatives".
But in addition to the president himself and these relatives, more than three hundred thousand people have already watched the video. Yekaterina Mironova joins us in the studio: "Yekaterina, hello".
- Hello, Alexey!
- Did they want to flatter him for the whole world to see?
- It looks like that. In any case, the video turned out to be memorable.
Marina Poroshenko tried to host a sports program, but it didn’t work out. It seems that the television ambitions don’t leave the first lady. She decided to try hosting the news. However, this video was made for one hero, the president of Ukraine. The children of the head of state act as correspondents. His eldest son, Alexey, along with his wife, praises his father while standing on Maidan. The man of the moment did such a good job, Alexey says, he put the country on the path of development.
The younger son, Misha, he is on the football field, thanks his father for being able to be proud of the homeland. His daughters, Alexandra and Yevgeniya, compliment their father for the work he’s done to make the dreams of Ukrainians come true. Well, the final phrase is again from the wife.
"Success and victory are always where you are. Now, these are the victories of whole Ukraine. You can’t work halfway, give up halfway the job you started. Maybe that's why fate chose you to be the leader of the Ukrainian nation".
Ukrainians commented on the successes and victories in detail under the published video. There were congratulations in the comments, too, but you can see the words "clowns", "circus" and "shame" more often.
- Well, who else would congratulate him if not his wife and children? It’s never occurred to any of the presidents to organize such a circus performance. Does Petya feel fine with his crown? If not, I really want to help him with a shovel.
- This is too much. All of Ukraine suffers from these bandits and liars of the highest level, and they also boast of their achievements, mocking people.
- Sincere smiles on the faces of the citizens of the country should speak for the deeds of the president, for his successes, and not his wife and children! Feh! It’s degradation! They’ve become so imprudent!
Ukrainians see that it’s a lie almost in every word. Only laughter and disgust. Today, Kiev blogger Alexander Medinsky went to the city market to get to know people's opinion offline. People answer the following: "Mr. President, try living like we do, that is, walk along the market with these carts, grow vegetables and sell them for nothing". The fact that he opened the window to Europe, as his esteemed wife put it… I think it's no secret that Viktor Yanukovich did the main job, no matter how much we despised him for his cowardice and escape from the country. Nevertheless, his team did much more for the European integration than Pyotr Poroshenko.
Many users who watched the published video carefully and with enthusiasm noticed suspicious nuances. First, why do Poroshenko's family members speak Ukrainian with Russian pronunciation? Instead of saying "kratko," they say "korotko," and "zdarovie" instead of "zdorovie." Secondly, in the video, they talk about the achievements of the president in the past tense. Moreover, the ending looks like a farewell.
It would be fine if it were a home video. Everything is clear because relatives can say anything about the birthday boy on his birthday. But it’s obvious that the video was created for being published widely. Unquestionably, this is a publicity move. And it seems to be a bad one.