I have no such privileges but I fail to see why you would use them here.

Off-topic, yet directly tied into a main player in the article?

Flame-bait, because it calls into attention the fact that this feel-good piece is easily seen as applauding a man who deserves no such graces?

Introducing politics into a non-political story, even though a main actor in it is part of an unscrupulous political machine which shouldn't be ignored?

Questionable decisions by you, in my opinion.