OP-ED

Peter Dickinson: Is Saakashvili the right choice for Ukraine?

By Peter Dickinson.

Published April 28, 2020 at 7:10 am

Mikheil Saakashvili talks to the media after his meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's "Servant of the People" ruling party members in Kyiv on April 24, 2020.

Photo by AFP

Ukrainian MPs are expected to gather in the coming days to vote on the appointment of former Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili as the country’s new Deputy Prime Minister for Reforms. President Zelenskyy’s surprise move to recruit the headline-grabbing Georgian caught everyone off guard.