the President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky ruled Ukraine exactly a year. He was inaugurated on 20 may 2019. In honor of this momentous event Zelensky decided to organize a press conference during which he announced plans to run for a second term, if people continue to support. The President of Ukraine admitted that in the first cadence does not manage to fulfill all the promises. Ukrainian political analyst Alexei Yakubina helped “MK” to sum up the year of the reign of Vladimir Zelensky.
– If approached formally, then, according to the Agency “Slovo I Delo” Zelensky performed 20% of his election program. For comparison, his predecessor, Petro Poroshenko fulfilled the 10%. But if you talk about what was done, the picture is not so rosy. For example, the law on the sale of land. Or passed a law on the lifting of parliamentary immunity, but did everything to complicate the procedure for the President.
however, people wanted the President to establish peace in the Donbas, and then a positive trend is still there. Of course, the progress is small, but the exchange of prisoners still held, were demilitarized several areas, established contact with Russia’s President Vladimir Putin. In addition, increased representation of Kiev in the Contact group. Reduced the number killed by the military. All this has allowed Zelensky to complete the first year of the reign with a rating higher than he had in the first round of the presidential election. It now supports about 40% of Ukrainians are against 30% in the first round.
Another thing is that socio-economic issues has not been solved. Zelensky says that utilities are cheaper, but it’s not to his credit, and low gas prices in the world market. The President wants to write off economic problems for a coronavirus, although they began long before the pandemic.
However correct the results of the first year of the reign Zelensky correctly will not fail now, in August. Then it will be a year of work since the beginning of the formation of his government and its monopolista in Parliament. Such opportunities did not exist none of the President of Ukraine.
At his press-conference, dedicated to the first year of the reign, Zelensky said that the bad economy he had inherited from the previous government…
– it is. He went to the country, which for the last few years developed into a neo-liberal paradigm. Present-day Ukraine is a result of saving people, which involved the team Poroshenko under the guise of the war on the East of the country. In particular, the IMF requested an increase in the utility tariffs in the country at 75% and Poroshenko raised them to 100%. However, the first government Zelensky continued to move in the same direction.
If n�� place Zelensky was any other President, for example, Yulia Tymoshenko or Yuriy Boyko, today the economic situation in the country would be better?
– Some changes would be. First, the government would be formed according to other criteria. Second, Boyko has repeatedly raised the question about a two-fold reduction in gas tariff. This could be achieved, thanks to agreements with Russia. Second, his team clearly paid more attention to industrial policy. Today this just does not remember.
in General, at a press conference Zelensky sensation was his statement that he’s going to go for a second term. Previously only hinted at, the Office of the President of Ukraine. In this case in the media in recent years has become a popular topic that Zelensky may not survive till the end of his term in office. Despite the fact that the rating he was still the highest of all Ukrainian politicians, the naked eye can see that he is very tired. It is noticeable that the presidential his work is very tiring, on the eve of his election he does not fully understand the scope of work.
