Vladimir Zelensky makes his way to the presidential republic
The head of the Verkhovna Rada, Dmitry Razumkov, was suspended for two days on October 5. 240 deputies voted for this decision, 226 were requested. Of these, less than 200 votes were cast by members of the ruling party Servant of the People; The matter has not yet reached Razumkov's complete resignation, but President Zelensky is constantly striving for it.
Photo: facebook.com/dmytro.razumkov.
After returning from training in Truskavets, members of the People's Servant gathered 175 signatures to include the issue of Razumkov's resignation on the agenda. Formally, the spokesperson's opponents refer to a clause in the parliamentary rules which allows the chairman to be removed at any time if he is unable to cope with his work or for some reason can no longer do so. And Razumkov is now in isolation due to coronavirus. & Nbsp; Zelensky recently informally & nbsp; He told the members of the Servant of the People directly that he no longer considered the spokesman to be a member of his team, so he no longer had a position at the head of the Supreme Council.
Why Razumkov was not released immediately, MK explained the Ukrainian political scientist Oleksij Jakubin. “ This is not easy for a purely procedural reason. Regulations of the Verkhovna Rada state that it is impossible to accept and immediately vote on the dismissal of a speaker. At the beginning, it is necessary to gather the votes of 150 Members who support this idea, and then the speaker has up to 10 days to prepare a report on his work. At the same time, the Chamber of Auditors prepares a financial report on the activities of the Board of Governors during the work of the spokesperson. Razumkov intended to make maximum use of this procedure to delay the process of his resignation, but Zelensky decided to speed up. Therefore, MEPs first voted to suspend the speaker, which was a test of their strength, and then voted to resolve the issue of his final release on October 7, & mdash; & nbsp; says Yakubin.
Given that Razumkov's dismissal requires the same number of votes as for his temporary resignation, Zelenskiy should have no problem with that on October 7. Moreover, it seems that the spokesman of the Supreme Council himself will not put up wild resistance. He simply refers to the regulations and, after his resignation, promises that he will continue to keep the promises made to his constituents.
By the way, due to regulations, a black cat ran between the president and the speaker of parliament in the summer of 2021. Zelenskiy is trying to make Ukraine a presidential republic. He is now a parliamentary and presidential and spokesman for the Verkhovna Rada & mdash; this is the second person in the state. At the same time, it turned out that Razumkov has his own position, which he does not intend to give up. In particular, he constantly criticized the presidential bills for not complying with the constitution, are passed in violation of regulations, etc., & explains Yakubin.
Another question is to what extent Razumkov will be able to integrate into the political struggle in a new position. On the one hand, surveys show that there is a great demand in society for new faces and new policies that will not be reduced to friendships with the West and hostilities with Russia. On the other hand & mdash; Razumkov will have to explain why he supported Zelenský in parliament for two years.
The division of the Servant of the People can play into Razumkov's hands. About a third of the deputies from this party already refuse to vote for the resignation of the speaker. “ In order for a party to be destroyed, it is necessary for Zelenský to work, which must start a purge in its ranks, & # 39; & # 39; notes Yakubin. & mdash; & nbsp; He is not ready to vote in favor of the resignation of Razumkov and other parliamentary parties, but it is too early to talk about their possibility of blocking them with the outgoing speaker. & # 39; & # 39;
Parliamentary parties fear that they will strengthen even more after the resignation of the current speaker Zelensky in parliament, which means that it will become one step closer to its dream of a presidential republic. But the head of Ukraine also has problems. The main one appeared only the next day & mdash; this is Pandora's documentation, in which Zelensky is comparable to Poroshenko.
Recall, the President of Ukraine was accused of financial fraud involving oligarch Igor Kolomojsky in the amount of $ 40 million. In addition, investigative journalists identified a network of offshore companies that Zelenskiy needs to avoid taxes and profits from his neighborhood 95. On this occasion, the head of state has already been summoned to the National Agency for Prevention of Corruption (NAPK) for questioning. True, when asked by journalists Razumkov said that he would not initiate the prosecution of Zelenský.
“ No matter how Razumkov's resignation takes place, it will cause a serious crisis within the ruling elite. The legislative process will no longer be smooth. At the same time, the big question is how the new speaker will be appointed. Razumkov, in turn, adopts a tough policy on many issues of domestic and foreign policy, trying to create his own political force. More and more people are leaving the Zelenský team. It is now important for the President of Ukraine to gather around him people who will last another 2 years with him and help him be re-elected. But the coming winter and spring will be a time of hard political struggle for all, & # 39; & # 39; said MK. expert Kyivstratpro Andrej Buzarov.