“I think it is an extremely high threat when there is a suspicion that a person who might be a drug addict can become a candidate or even President of Ukraine, Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces. Both candidates and every Ukrainian who will make a conscious choice in exactly two weeks are interested in closing this issue,” President Petro Poroshenko said on Ukraine TV channel. The Head of State stressed that a candidate to the highest post in the state cannot have such an addiction.
“Because drug dependence of a candidate is a direct threat to national security. A threat to every Ukrainian. And every Ukrainian must get an absolutely clear answer regarding both Poroshenko and Zelensky. This is their right. And the rights of Ukrainians must be respected,” the President emphasized.
Answering the question regarding Volodymyr Klitschko’s initiative to test the candidates at the World Anti-Doping Agency, the Head of State noted that he was ready to do so.
According to the President, it is fundamentally important that the world’s most authoritative international doping control organization, which blew the lid off the Russian doping agency and disqualified Russia from most sports competitions, will be involved. “The authority of this organization does not cause any doubt among the representatives all over the world,” the President said.
