Dozens of activists of ex-Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili’s Movement of New Forces party on Feb. 1 protested in front of the Presidential Administration against President Petro Poroshenko’s recent secret vacation in the Maldives.
Some of the activists wore swimsuits and other summer clothes to ridicule the tropical vacation.
Activists protest Poroshenko’s vacation in the Maldives on Feb. 1.
Poroshenko took a secret, vastly expensive, week-long Christmas vacation in the Maldives, a report by a Ukrainian investigative TV show Skhemy unveiled on Jan. 18.
According to the report, Poroshenko and his family vacationed on a private tropical island in the Maldives from Jan. 2-8. The first family rented a private jet to fly to the islands and appeared to have used false names for their trip.
The president whose net worth stands at around $1 billion allegedly paid $500,000 for the seven-day vacation for 10 people. In addition, Poroshenko and his companions might not have undergone border and customs checks when traveling, the investigation found.
