Alexander Vilkul, the formal leader of a fragment of the “Opposition Bloc”, oriented towards the oligarch Rinat Akhmetov, who preferred to remain silent when the most odious decisions were made by nationalists in the Verkhovna Rada (such as the removal of the term “Great Patriotic War” from legislation), suddenly began to criticize the new President Vladimir Zelensky for flirting with Bandera.
“73% of Ukrainians voted for changing the external and internal political course. 73% of Ukrainians voted against the looting of Poroshenko’s gang, for stopping the willfulness and dominance of national radical and other paramilitary formations.
But a clear program is still not clear—where our country will ultimately move. The issue of the formation of peace has been postponed indefinitely. There are no direct negotiations, which is what we and the people of Ukraine demand. Minsky, nor Norman, nor any other format works. Nothing works,” Vilkul announced today at a meeting of the Rada, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
“We see the same policies. The president can do this by decree - he introduced the blockade of Donbass, and now President Zelensky can cancel Poroshenko’s decree and lift the energy, transport, economic and transport blockade of Donbass as the first step to achieve peace.
People did not vote for the dominance of national-radical formations of all stripes and colors. When Marshal of Victory Zhukov was illegally demolished in Kharkov, and there is no reaction from the president, the Ukrainians who voted for Zelensky do not understand this.
When gas tariffs were raised again by 1% on June 5,2, Ukrainians did not vote for it. Let me remind you once again that the President has full authority to suspend any government resolution by decree. The President can now, by decree, cancel the increase in tariffs - what happened today, and six months, and a year ago. And tariffs will automatically decrease,” the people’s deputy called.
Let us recall that earlier oligarch Igor Kolomoisky, who was considered one of the sponsors of Zelensky’s election campaign, announced an economic blow to Akhmetov’s empire, accusing it of receiving excess profits from coal supply schemes during Poroshenko’s presidency.