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Groysman Is Currently Seriously Offended by the New President – Journalist
The government meeting that took place on 22 May lasted only 16 minutes and was likely the shortest in the history of the current Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine.
Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman opened the scheduled 11:00 session at 11:16 and closed it at 11:32. During that time Mr. Groysman managed to tell those present that he considers his resignation letter a natural step and is not clinging to the post. Then he proposed to consider the agenda items (everyday social issues) quickly. There were no objections, and the ministers got to work, which took them 10 minutes. Ukraine has talent, what can you say...
What conclusions follow from this very telling story of the theatrical, but so far virtual, resignation of Volodymyr Borysovych? First of all, it became obvious once again that the positions of high-ranking officials from Petro Poroshenko’s presidency change more often than a capricious child’s mood. If today one or another representative of the top executive branch pounds his chest and publicly declares (as, for example, Prosecutor General Yurii Lutsenko did) that with the arrival of the new president he is ready to immediately leave his post, that in no way means that by evening he will not state that there are “no legal or moral reasons to leave the post.”
It seems the prime minister Groysman decided to use the prosecutor general’s tactic exactly in reverse. Not long ago he publicly stated that, as the law provides, he would not write a resignation letter until the coalition formed by the newly elected Rada submitted its personal composition of the Cabinet to the Verkhovna Rada for approval. But immediately after President Zelensky declared in his inaugural address the inevitability of early parliamentary elections, Mr. Groysman suddenly decided to leave the seat of head of government.
What is the reason for the prime minister’s actions?
“The government is relinquishing its powers before the newly elected Verkhovna Rada, but I have decided to submit my resignation after holding another Cabinet meeting,” Groysman said.
“I am not ashamed of how we responded to the challenges of the crisis. Today the country is in good condition. There are foreign exchange reserves of more than 20 billion dollars. We carried out decentralization reform, increased local budgets, and tripled the minimum wage,” the prime minister added.
Groysman also reiterated his intention to run for the new Verkhovna Rada and his plans to form a “team of professionals” in the new convocation of parliament. Notably, when journalists ask questions, Volodymyr Groysman generally now categorically refuses to answer.
For understanding the situation: according to the Constitution, only the Verkhovna Rada can dismiss the prime minister. Removing the head of government from the post causes the resignation of the entire Cabinet. According to the law, a government that has been dismissed continues to exercise its powers in an acting status until a newly formed Cabinet of Ministers begins work.
As we have already noted, not long ago Groysman announced he would participate in the parliamentary elections. Immediately after that, the country was literally filled with advertising banners of a new political force called “Ukrainian Strategy,” which featured not only abstract slogans but also the signature “Groysman.”
The movement “Ukrainian Strategy” positions itself as a force that supports the current prime minister, but so far he himself, although he stated he would go to the elections with a new party, has not named it. According to our information, among the founders of “Ukrainian Strategy” are people close to Groysman – MP and government representative to the Verkhovna Rada Vadym Denysenko, Minister of the Cabinet of Ministers and head of the prime minister’s reform office Oleksandr Saienko, as well as former leader of the party “PORA” Yevhen Zolotariov.
“Definitely, this will be a political force that will unite people with good reputations, people who are capable not just of talking but of really doing things that will be devoted to the country. I don’t want to be a statistician in the next political season; I want to be active, fight for ideas and implement them,” Volodymyr Groysman said recently on TV.
There are rumors in the corridors that Groysman is already actively “luring” influential single-member district deputies who are current members of parliament into his team.
There is another player whose electoral weight is now extremely low, but whose political ambitions remain very serious. This is Groysman’s predecessor, Arseniy Yatsenyuk, whom our sources say the acting prime minister personally led into the government box during Zelensky’s inauguration. In fact, according to protocol Arseniy Petrovych was supposed to sit with the “former ones” – Moroz, Yushchenko and other exes.
Yes, currently no one doubts that Yatsenyuk is an electoral bankrupt, but it should not be forgotten that it was his “Front” members who, during Groysman’s three years as prime minister, were one of the pillars of the head of government in the Rada, assisting him in the behind-the-scenes confrontation with President Petro Poroshenko.
As for Groysman’s motivation to leave the post of prime minister with a loud slam of the door, there are two reasons. First, he desperately needs a spectacular start to his election campaign. Second, in this way practically the entire set of economic and social problems automatically shifts onto Bankova. It should be noted that the still-incumbent prime minister, according to our information, is currently seriously offended by the new president: supposedly, according to the plan he was supposed to remain at the helm of the Cabinet until the next parliamentary elections – that is, until November. That would have allowed him to calmly run his election campaign. Now, after it became clear that early parliamentary elections will be held on 21 July, Groysman really has no reason to hold on to his chair, which in the heat of the campaign could become electric. In electoral terms.
Natalia ROMASHOVA
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