Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸

Fascinated while watching addresses by Presidents of countries at the UNSC open discussion on Ukraine. Just heard from President of Hungary. Now President of Slovenia.
#RussiaUkraineWar #Ukraine #War #Russia #CanPoli #BCPoli #UNSC #UNGA2023

(Note: Both Presidents happen to be Women. Isn’t it strange how Canada and the USA have still never had a woman elected leader? #Patriarchy)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeZjpZWzGB8

LIVE: World leaders hold UN Security Council meeting on Ukraine

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Show threadKimSep 20, 2023
@chris Kim Campbell was chosen as Prime Minister 1993 but did not get re-elected
Show threadChris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸Sep 20, 2023
@kimhoar she wasn't “elected*” as leader. She was an MP and gained a Cabinet position then took over for Mulroney after he resigned. Her party lost the next election in a landslide, including her losing her own seat, so my point stands. Canada has never elected a woman Prime Minister.
Show threadKimSep 20, 2023
@chris In Canada you don’t “elect” a leader. The leader of the party with the most seats is the Prime Minister. The USA elects a leader. I agree that no party headed by a woman has ever won an election in Canada.
Show threadChris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸Sep 20, 2023
@kimhoar with respect. I know how our system works. My point stands. The people of Canada have never elected a party into government in Ottawa that had a woman as leader. I was using the term elected in a colloquial way. This isn't a controversial point. Kim Campbell was born in my hometown. It's too bad she got handed the cards she did. But she was not elected Prime Minister.
Show threadWolfgang HettfleischSep 20, 2023
@chris @kimhoar You may be right about the Lady from Slovenia. But Katalin Novák is neither the leader of Fidesz nor the leader of Hungary. She's just Orbán's puppet.
Show threadChris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸Sep 20, 2023
@hettwolf @kimhoar I won't pretend to know the intricacies of realpolitik in Hungary, but she does have the title of President. :)
Show threadJérômeSep 20, 2023

@chris @hettwolf @kimhoar which is basically our Governor General.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_Hungary

President of Hungary - Wikipedia

Show threadNed YeungSep 20, 2023

@kimhoar @chris
Yes, but I think the point is that electing a party is "like" electing a leader, while Campbell was never put through that general election process. She was chosen by the votes of her own party.

Really, the US system is more similar than not. Americans couldn't vote Bernie Sanders for President, because the Democrat party chose to put forth Joe Biden as their candidate instead.

Like the Canadian system is also a two-party system, as nobody but Liberal or Conservative will win.

Show threadLstn2urmama 🇨🇦Sep 23, 2023
@kimhoar was about to give same answer...