Poroshenko screwed up big time with the unsuccessful detention of Saakashvili
The attempt to detain Mikheil Saakashvili was supposed to demonstrate to the opposition the strength of Petro Poroshenko’s regime, but as a result, everyone saw the president’s weakness.
Ruslan Bortnik, director of the Ukrainian Institute of Policy Analysis and Management, stated this at a press conference in Kyiv, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
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“This was a performance for Tymoshenko, Sadovoy and everyone else who still thinks they can defeat Pyotr Alekseevich in the elections. This was an exemplary case for them - look, we can twist you into a ram’s horn if we want.
The show failed because the actors weren't paid enough and the actors weren't of the right quality to perform the show.
Moreover, as a result, a very serious political technology mistake was made. The authorities have once again demonstrated their weakness. Just like with the public blockade of Donbass, Saakashvili’s crossing the border.
This weakness, which the authorities have demonstrated, will definitely come back to bite them - key financial and industrial groups, Western partners look at this lack of will and weakness, the inability of the authorities to achieve their goals, even illegal ones, and think: “Well, how can we work with them? How to bet on them? Maybe let’s look for other guys and put the golden eggs in other baskets?”
All this is reflected at the level of stakeholders, people who make decisions, about the level of support for the current government,” the political scientist said.
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