The Ukrainian Prime Minister Oleksiy Honcharuk wrote an official statement addressed to President Volodymyr Zelensky about his resignation from the post of head of Government. He announced this on his Facebook. In a statement, he explained the reasons for this decision.
“In recent days, all of you have witnessed events unfolding around networked files mounted from fragments of meeting records in the Government. Their content artificially creates the impression that I and my team do not respect the President, who is our political leader”, Honcharuk posted on Facebook.
“I took up this post to implement the program of the President. For me, Zelensky is a paragon of honesty and integrity. However, in order to take away any doubts about our respect and trust in the President, I wrote a letter of resignation and handed it” ,Honcharuk on Facebook.
The chair under Prime Minister began to seriously wobble on Wednesday. Then the recording of the meeting appeared through media, a man with a similar voice of Prime Minister called himself and the Ukrainian president a “layman” in economics field.
“I am a layman in economics”
Rumors about the possible resignation of Honcharuk and rotation government started at the end of last year. They discussed the replacement of the overwhelming majority of Cabinet members, including the Prime Minister himself, in particular. Although the prime minister said in one of interviews last month, that he sees no reason to dismiss members of the government.
The voice-record said the government did not know, what to do to achieve the 40% GDP growth that promised by the current PM of over 5 years, in evening, during the meeting of the “Servant of the People”, the question was raised about the resignation of the head of government, but most members did not support the decision.
The Accused of publishing the record, people close to businessman Ihor Kolomoisky. Although, businessman and the deputy Ihor Palytsia denied the involvement in “Honcharukgate”.
On Thursday, the head of government recorded a video in which he boasted of his achievements and hinted that he did not intend to resign voluntarily.
“From the beginning, many people worked against the team of the president and government, and they want us to fail, I’m talking to those who are fighting against us: you do not scare us! We will eradicate corruption and block flows even more persistently … Foreign exchange reserves have increased to a maximum of seven years, inflation has fallen. If this is not an achievement, then I am a complete ignoramus in the economy, ” Honcharuk said.
Recall, that the Ukrainian parliament can not yet dismiss the Prime Minister or the government, due to immunity for a year.
The expected candidates
According to UA-Times sources from “Servent of people” party, the majority of ministers can resignation also, besides the prime minister. Now it is expected to three candidates are being considered for the place of Honcharuk, among them Dmitry Dubilet the Minister of Cabinet of Ministers, Minister of Communities and Territories Development of Ukraine Aliona Babak.
