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Who Zelensky plans to replace Klitschko with.
That the failure to prepare the capital for winter would be used by the authorities to remove Klitschko from power in Kyiv was already clear during the summer ping-pong over resilience plans and their budgets.
But instead of working around the clock on insulating and protecting the capital's energy systems, Klitschko started playing politics and populism with Zelensky, thereby handing the President all the tools to remove him—a move whose staging has already begun.
With the President’s direct accusations against Klitschko and his summons to Parliament, we can expect “proper” and warmed-up protests from Kyiv residents.
The result of demands to restore order in the capital and provide Kyiv residents with heat and light will be a resolute presidential decision that an energy collapse in the capital is unacceptable, accompanied by the appointment of an effective manager.
How this will be formalized legally is not yet entirely clear.
As is who will draw the lot to take over the management of Kyiv, or more likely, its budget on the eve of an extremely difficult winter.
After the President’s recent meetings with various people, publications about the candidacy of Vasyl Malyuk have somehow appeared.
They say the SBU general, who enjoys unquestioned authority, would be ideal for the position.
But, as far as I know, the public meetings between Zelensky and Malyuk have nothing to do with searching for a candidate to run the capital.
Malyuk is focused on the Service’s combat operations and is not considering any administrative posts.
Sources in the government quarter report that the most likely candidate for Kyiv’s manager is former head of the Recovery Agency Serhiy Sukhomlyn.
He is a true manager, with positive experience leading Zhytomyr, where he did for the city's life support what no mayor had done.
An ideal candidate without political ambitions, with a deep understanding of the issues. He doesn't need to learn Kyiv’s problems. He already understands everything.
Also in the candidate pool is former Minister of Infrastructure Kostiantyn Yefymenko, who is associated with businessman Vasyl Khmelnytsky.
But no final decision has been made yet.
Right now attention is focused on measuring Kyiv residents’ positions and their readiness to take to the streets in protest against Klitschko.
If there are activities, the Presidential Office will react.
But Kyiv residents are a peculiar people. Despite dissatisfaction with Klitschko having long reached record levels, the idea of yet another parachuted-in team from Bankova has never been accepted by city residents as an alternative.
Popko and Tkachenko can confirm that.
That’s about it.
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