Bortnik: Poroshenko can make Klitschko president
The mayor of Kyiv, Vitaliy Klitschko, will try to hold out until the presidential elections and then launch an attack on the authorities. He can even reach the second round, and Petro Poroshenko can help him with this.
Ruslan Bortnik, director of the Ukrainian Institute of Politics, stated this at a press conference in Kyiv, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
“I think that Klitschko will not be able to win this fight with legal tools - only with the tools of some kind of delaying time or with the tools of the street. But Klitschko is in no hurry to unite with other oppositionists, such as Poroshenko. This is dangerous for him. He already teamed up with Poroshenko in 2014. He was beaten - Klitschko initially had a chance to become president.
It seems to me that Klitschko is trying to survive in this mode of “warm” (but not hot) conflict, to hold out until the start of the presidential campaign, and then he will launch an open attack on the authorities and try to fight for the presidential post.
His ratings are not very good yet, but he has a very good level of trust. If Klitschko is supported by one of the heavyweights (the same Poroshenko decides to show his gratitude), then Klitschko may well end up in the second round, and trust ratings may play a role there,” he noted.
“Poroshenko is quite rational and pragmatic, at some point he can say: “I have high anti-ratings, Vitaly Vladimirovich, I can support you in the presidential elections. Our overall rating is enough to get you into the second round. If you guarantee me the post of prime minister or something else.”
The same may happen with Razumkov. All of these models are still possible. Klitschko is clearly demonstrating presidential ambitions. Klitschko is clearly unable to manage the city. The city is in a catastrophic situation.
The conflict between the president and Klitschko will continue. The roots lie in presidential ambitions. The presidential campaign will begin immediately after the parliamentary one,” concluded Ruslan Bortnik.
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