Even the ideas of selling land and legalizing casinos do not harm Zelensky’s rating
Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky on Thursday proposed getting rid of the “mothball post-Soviet regulation” by allowing gambling and the sale of land in the country, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
“Ukraine needs to get rid of the naphthalene post-Soviet regulation that was introduced for the planned economy. A prohibition for an adult to freely dispose of his property, namely land, currency values, or a prohibition to freely engage in activities that do not cause harm to others, for example, playing legal games of chance. All these bans must be lifted,” he said at a meeting with the business community in Kyiv, according to the press service of the Ukrainian president.
Let us remind you that gambling has been prohibited in Ukraine since 2009. The sale of agricultural land is prohibited by law from 2001. At the time, this decision was designated as temporary, but is still in effect.
Zelensky, even at the stage of the election campaign, declared his support for the legalization of the gambling business in Ukraine. In particular, in April, he voiced the idea of making the country its own “Las Vegas” - allowing gambling in the territory of one city, subject to public support and thoughtful taxation.
It is interesting that despite such controversial initiatives, according to all recent polls, 54% of Ukrainians support the actions of Vladimir Zelensky as President of Ukraine. This is evidenced by the results of a survey conducted by the Ukrainian Institute of Social Research named after A. Yaremenko and the Social Monitoring Center on June 7-10.
Only 8% said that they do not support and rather do not support the first steps of the newly elected head of state. At the same time, 35% of respondents believe that it is too early to give an assessment, and 4% could not decide on their attitude towards Zelensky’s actions.
34% of respondents have high hopes that the new president will change the situation in the country for the better. Most of these are among young people in the east of Ukraine.
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