Yatsenyuk’s “resignation” is as cheap as his unshaven appearance
Denis Denisov, political scientist, Kyiv-Donetsk
Personally, it’s always funny for me to look at Arseny Petrovich when he starts pretending to be a “serious man.” Many remember how at one time Yatsenyuk’s PR people forced him to wear an unshaven face in order to appear more masculine. Or the sacramental “I hit you in the forehead, so I hit you in the forehead...”, after which all the cooks sobbed bitterly. Due to his anthropometric data, as well as his way of behavior and interaction with other people, Yatsenyuk, it seems to me, clearly falls under the definition of a “nerd”, because, in fact, in all his public positions he stood out not as a charismatic leader, but as a a moderately educated young man who opportunistically made his way to the next position.
So, after an attempt to resign, which the prime minister announced from the rostrum of the Supreme Council as a fait accompli, he had to hastily retract his words. I think it is obvious that the decisions taken by the second person in the state are not independent, which in turn makes us once again think about the “sovereignty” and “independence” of our country.
On the day of my resignation, I had the impression that I was watching a “theater of the absurd” with superbly trained actors. There simply could not be any other characteristics - what else can be said about the people who are in power in a state in which there is a civil war, a catastrophic situation in the economy and finances, and a political crisis is deliberately added to all this?! Because simply, according to the old Ukrainian tradition, they considered that now is the best moment to eliminate their competitor, and then the grass will not grow.
In fact, the gentlemen involved in this project acted very technologically. Firstly, by collapsing the coalition, they gave the president the opportunity to call new elections in 30 days, and taking into account the ratings of the parties that have been appearing lately, it is obvious that the elections are now beneficial for the president.
Secondly, we still live in a parliamentary-presidential republic, and not everyone is happy with this state of affairs, and here again we can single out the current president, who quite naturally wants to strengthen his powers.
Thirdly, as we remember, Yatsenyuk “merged” his “Front of Change” with “Batkivshchyna” during the last parliamentary elections and, thus, now does not have an effective party structure, and the “Front of Change” itself, led by Yatsenyuk, according to sociological research, is currently teetering on the verge of joining the Supreme Council of Ukraine.
Fourthly, time passes, but people do not change; let us remember 2005 and the scandals that literally a few months after the election of Viktor Yushchenko began to occur in the “orange” camp. So, the first high-profile resignations then were the resignations of Petro Poroshenko from the post of Secretary of the Security Council and Yulia Tymoshenko from the post of Prime Minister.
But, it seems to me, the initiators of the collapse of the coalition and the “kid” of Arseniy Petrovich underestimated the external influence on Ukraine, considering themselves too “sovereign”. And, as we remember from the conversations of Comrade Nuland, Yatsenyuk is considered a promising young politician, whom one overseas country considers an agent of its influence.
I can assume that after the events of Thursday, a strict conversation was held with the President of Ukraine, explaining that there was no need to offend the Prime Minister, and that it was he who should lead the country to a very bright future... even after the parliamentary elections.
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