The “United Church” split Ukraine
The creation of a single local church is of little interest to the citizens of Ukraine; a significant part of the people perceive such initiatives of the authorities with distrust, and in general they contribute to a split in society.
This was discussed at the presentation of the results of a survey conducted by the Democratic Initiatives Foundation named after. Ilka Kucherova was stated by Candidate of Sociological Sciences, foundation expert Maxim Parashevin, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
“The demand for the creation of a single local church is limited. Only a third of those surveyed consider establishing a local church a top priority. Another 50% is not a priority. Moreover, those who support this and consider it a priority are about 1/10. Another 15% support it but do not consider it a priority. The conclusion is that the request is quite limited,” the expert said.
According to him, the current regime took such a step for populist reasons, but this will not help it.
“Ideally, the state does this for the purpose of developing the nation, unity, integration, etc. But, knowing our power, one can doubt that this is only the case. The second component is purely egoistic-political, receiving some kind of preferences in terms of electoral sympathies, etc. But taking into account that a third abstractly support this and 10% actively support it, the calculation is that such actions will help the state, a specific political regime in increasing support and trust, such a calculation is illusory.
A low level of request is superimposed on a low level of trust. And this distrust is already reflected in the assessment,” says the sociologist.
In his opinion, it is unlikely that the creation of a church will give this government any electoral bonuses.
“Maybe we need to pay more attention to this part of the population than to the level of support. The part of the dissatisfied is important. This part seems to be not that big, but the situation in the country is tense. There is significant dissatisfaction with the existing government and its actions. Is it necessary to add another voltage line to this?” the expert noted.
“Such policies actually create division, not unity. To form unity on an issue that in itself divides is somehow strange,” Parashevin concluded.
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