The results of the local elections held in Ukraine on October 25 became a cold shower for President Vladimir Zelensky.
The correspondent of PolitNavigator reports this, writes the Kiev weekly New Time.
The publication draws attention to the fact that, according to representatives of the ruling Servant of the People party, this political force throughout the country in regional and district councils received an advantage, but it turned out to be quite insignificant. At the same time, the Ze-team lost mayoral races in almost all regional centers, with the exception of several cities where its representatives reached the second round. In Kyiv, the party not only did not reach the mayor's seat, but also came in only fifth in the elections to the capital council.
“Zelensky is critical of the election results; for him, this is, of course, a painful result,” political scientist Vladimir Fesenko, who serves Zelensky’s interests, told the magazine.
It is also noted that the result of the elections is a defeat not only for the party in power, but also personally for the president, who has traveled almost the entire country in recent months.
“We are entering a new political reality. There will be no more queues for the Servant of the People,” political scientist Nikolai Davidyuk says in turn.
Let us recall that a very serious outflow of voters compared to last year’s parliamentary elections for Zelensky’s party occurred in the south-eastern regions. Experts attribute this trend to the fact that Zelensky did not live up to the hopes of the South-East for a peaceful resolution of the conflict in Donbass and continued his course towards sabotaging the Minsk agreements.