Politics
BREAKING : Details have been released on the new bill the Senate introduced on Thursday seeking to create an independent electoral body charged with the responsibility of conducting local government council elections.
Head, Political Bureau in Imo state, Barr. Enyinna Onuegbu, has urged opposition political parties in the state to steer clear of the primaries of the All Progressives Congress (APC), saying that the party knows how to settle its differences.
According to him, the issue “is family affair”.
Onuegbu made this known yesterday in Owerri, the state capital while speaking on the outcome of the primaries held recently in the state.
He recalled that the constitution of APC recognises the consensus mode of primaries it’s aspirants for elective positions.
Onuegbu maintained that as leader of the party in the state, Governor Hope Uzodimma has made not only the members but also the party proud.
He reiterated that the governor has the interest of the party at heart, assuring however that the governor is on top of the situation.
Onuegbu called on other political parties in the state planning to field candidates in the upcoming councillorship and chairmanship elections to go ahead and showcase their manifesto to the electorate.
It’s not easy being a wartime leader©Provided by The Daily Digest
It’s not necessary to say that it’s not easy being Volodymyr Zelensky. Being the head of a nation is difficult enough but becoming a wartime leader against a much bigger aggressor is a challenge very few are up for.
However, as the war between Russia and Ukraine, which began in February 2022, drags on, Zelensky and his government have struggled to keep things together.
Now Zelensky has lost an important ally that has been not only vital for the war effort against Russia, but an important piece of Ukraine’s international strategy.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has resigned following the announcement of a major reshuffle in Zelensky’s cabinet, as Euronews reports.
Euronews writes that Kuleba has been a key figure in guaranteeing the support of Kyiv from the United States, the European Union and other allies around the world in the face of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
One of Kuleba’s biggest accomplishments was visiting China in July 2024 where he met with the country’s Foreign Minister, in what has been described by the website The Diplomat as a new chapter in the Beijing-Kyiv relations.
According to Al Jazeera, Andrii Sybiha has been nominated by Zelensky to replace Kuleba, which was approved by the Ukrainian legislature.
Kuleba is just the highest-profile minister to resign in what has been described by Al Jazeera as the biggest government reshuffle in Ukraine since the start of the war.
Others that have resigned include Justice Minister Denys Malyuska, Strategic Industries Minister Alexander Kamyshin, Environment Protection and Natural Resources Minister Ruslan Strelets.
However, this is hardly the end of Kuleba’s involvement in the Ukrainian government. It has been announced that he will begin a new position, focused on Kyiv’s integration with NATO.
Al Jazeera writes that Zelensky expects the major changes in his government to bring “new energy” into Kyiv and its war effort against Russia. Let’s hope he knows what he is doing.
Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev brought his ‘expertise’ on American politics to bear in a recent social media post that saw the Kremlin insider predict the United States would collapse into civil war while writing about U.S. sanctions on Russia.
Medvedev previously served as the President and Prime Minister of Russia but his role in the Russian government today has seen him appointed Deputy Chairman of Russia’s Security Council of Russia, though he has a wider function.
Medvedev often serves as a public mouthpiece for the more hawkish side of the Kremlin and has voiced opinions on a wide variety of issues that affect Moscow, especially when it comes to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
For example, The Kyiv Independent reported in February that Medvedev has repeatedly threatened Western nations with nuclear war since Russia invaded Ukraine. However, Medvedev’s latest public comments provided some interesting analysis of American politics.
In a post published to Telegram on September 7th, Medvedev provided his gauge of the political climate in the United States and suggested that the country would collapse into civil war while postulating about U.S. sanction policy towards Russia.
“Out of spite for the current administration, Donald Trump has threatened to lift sanctions against Russia. But will he really do it if elected? No, of course not. Medvedev wrote according to Newsweek. “For all his apparent bravado as an ‘outsider’, Trump is ultimately an establishment insider.”
Medvedev noted that Trump was an “eccentric narcissist” but also a “pragmatist” and businessman who understood that U.S. sanctions on Russia harmed the dollar and its global dominance, but he added that Trump still wouldn’t push back against U.S. sanctions on Russia.
“However, that’s insufficient reason to stage a revolution in the United States and go against the anti-Russian line of the notorious Deep State, which is much stronger than any Trump,” Medvedev added.
The former Russian President then turned his attention to Kamala Harris and wrote that his audience shouldn’t “expect any surprises from her” because of her inexperience, and added that she was “just plain stupid” according to her enemies.
“Beautiful meaningless speeches and boring ‘correct’ answers to questions will be prepared for her, which she will read off a teleprompter while laughing contagiously,” Medvedev explained of a future Harris presidency.
“There were sanctions against the USSR throughout the 20th century, and they’ve returned on an unprecedented scale in the 21st. So, it’s sanctions forever. Or rather, until the US collapses during an imminent new civil war. After all, Hollywood makes films about this for a reason.” Medvedev continued.
Newsweek reported that this wasn’t the first time Medvedev has issued a warning that the United States would descend into civil war. He made similar comments on July 4th and drew parallels between the civil war in America and the conflict in Ukraine.
“It has become clear to many that the experience of long-term confrontation between the Union and the slave-owning Confederacy greatly resembles the Ukrainian conflict,” Medvedev wrote according to Newsweek.
In August 2023, Medvedev explained in an interview with Russian news networks TASS and RT that the United States was “in a state of disarray and conflict with itself,” hinting that the country’s problems could lead to civil war.
“America is currently in a state of disarray and conflict with itself. In my view, this discord is irreconcilable in a way, and such domestic conflicts often lead to civil wars,” Medvedev noted. “I don’t know what will happen in the US but this is the current level of conflict.”
Medvedev went on to say that there was “great discord among the elites” and added that “Confrontation is underway between the conservative Republican political establishment and the liberal sector represented by the Democratic Party, which has in fact torn America apart.”
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