on Tuesday, April 21, one year has passed from the moment producer and actor of “Quarter-95” Vladimir Zelensky won the presidential elections in Ukraine. Victory was triumphant in the second round voted 73.2 per cent of voters. For a record year of support Zelensky decreased to 44%, due to pre-election promises of the President, which still failed. Experts told “MK”, how has Ukraine this year and met the leader of the country citizens ‘ expectations.
Zelensky promised, came for one term. He said that he will be able to do something that failed his predecessor: to restore peace in Donbas and defeat corruption in the country. Referring to Poroshenko, he loudly said: “I am not your opponent. I your sentence.” A promise about corruption was “All Svinarchuk, Gladkowski and, if among them will be Kolomoisky, go to jail”. However, neither the prison nor Poroshenko, nor Gladkovsky not yet sitting. Also the people of Ukraine expected reduction in utility tariffs and the removal of immunity of Parliament, the President and judges. What came out of it, “MK” told the experts.
Alexei Yakubina, candidate of political Sciences:
– Zelensky was chosen as a President who can do everything to return peace to the Donbass. We see that this year he restored the work of the “Norman format, began regular exchanges, threw troops at several points. That is, there has been progress, but it is very slow. And is one of the challenges for Zelensky, due to the fact that from the Humanities or the emphasis on safety you need to move to the political part. This will depend on the possible success in this field. Yet even the completely innocent to the idea of creating a Consultative Council in the tripartite contact group signed a problem. What then to speak about other points of the Minsk agreements that will need to be implemented? If progress in this matter is not, then the voters will start to show Zelensky account.
this year he was given an absolute mandate he was elected with record numbers allowed for the first time since 1991 to form a Parliament in the one-party majority. With such a huge credit of trust, it can be difficult to say that he had no authority or was in the way. Another important point associated with Zelensky in Ukraine, the ongoing wave of anti-establishment. Citizens largely disillusioned with traditional politicians and are willing to experiment. Now, if Zelensky or “servant of the people” will be perceived as part of the establishment, you can see other players. Voting for Zelensky many also voted against a nationalist project Poroshenko. And can be Zelensky did and not on purpose, but this project is subjected to erosion. E��about an important aspect, because after Zelensky, opportunities open for other alternatives, left-wing, more liberal in matters of culture and language. With regard to the request for the reduction of tariffs, it is very concerning. In some regions they are a little low, but not enough. All this is reflected in the support rating Zelensky. “The honeymoon period” is over and people want to see economic results. Now the government of Smugala seem to not even working on these issues. Of course, we should not expect that Zelensky time will solve all the problems that Ukraine has accumulated over 30 years. But when he came to power, it was associated with high expectations. Now he needs very clearly to work on the bugs and staffing issues and strategies national policies, and the understanding that the voter is the one who wants a speedy peace, and therefore do not need to adapt to a marginal group of nationalist and radical elements that will always try to block progress towards peace.
Kirill Molchanov, Kyiv analyst:
– Have to say about his election program, then not as much. Real – passed a vote to lift immunity. Well, plus – defrost process for the exchange of detained persons with the breakaway republics and the partial unfreezing “Normandy format”. That’s all. And so we see that Zelensky spent a year to build his power vertical. But in the end, the people he led, have very low level of competence. Peace in the Donbas, which he promised, never came. Spring is here and planting corrupt not.
on the other hand, it did not cause any systemic crisis for the first year. To some extent we can assume that Zelensky is trying to maneuver between the West and East and some his own line had not yet developed. Many decisions, on the contrary, go on a nakatanny way Petro Poroshenko that Zelensky is not much in a hurry to change.
– And what prevented to fulfill the promise to start planting corrupt?
Is a complex issue. Here and the absolute lack of understanding of how criminal procedure code, and sabotage on the ground. The same judges and prosecutors sabotage even the things that are being considered. Zelensky, in his telephone conversation with trump said Ryaboshapka 100% of its attorney General, but he was clearly not 100% Zelensky. In the current environment, the situation deteriorated further because in Parliament “servant of the people” vote together with the party Poroshenko. Therefore, it is unlikely they will now haunt him or his entourage. In the end, it all is rather frustrating, because de facto Zelensky candidate for President�� Zelensky-President are two different people.
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