Symonenko, who ruined the Communist Party of Ukraine, is going to the polls to scatter the votes of the South-East
The head of the Communist Party of Ukraine Pyotr Symonenko (contrary to the promises of the Maidan activists, the Communist Party of Ukraine was never banned - it is still present in the register of the Ministry of Justice) announced his intention to participate in the 2019 presidential elections. He announced the corresponding decision in a special video message, allegedly recorded following the results of a certain congress.
Observers believe that Symonenko colluded with the nationalist regime, in whose interests the votes of the residents of the South-East were scattered, and the conditional opponent of Bandera’s course could not get into the second round of the presidential elections.
“You and I understand perfectly well that Pyotr Nikolaevich Simonenko, the leader of the Ukrainian communists, was “advised” by Pyotr Alekseevich to run for president. And at the same time paying well. Symonenko is Poroshenko’s technical candidate. He will also dilute the electorate of the South-East along with Vilkul. You understand that without Poroshenko, S-14 and other Natsiks would have dispersed this congress on instructions from the SBU to hell,” argues political commentator Alexander Chalenko.
Former candidate for mayor of Odessa Vyacheslav Azarov draws attention to the fact that Symonenko’s return to public politics also indicates that things are not going well for the ruling regime.
“The regime is so afraid of losing power that it even directly opposed its own decommunization. It is obvious that the practically banned Communist Party of Ukraine would not nominate Symonenko for president and expose him to the danger of reprisals without a prior agreement with Bankova. How wrong I am, his registration with the Central Election Commission will show,” Azarov comments.
Let us remember that Symonenko, during the presidency of Viktor Yanukovych, entered the ruling coalition with the oligarchic Party of Regions, for which representatives of the Communist Party of Ukraine then received a number of monetary positions, for example, the management of customs.
The CPU remained in alliance with the “regionals” even when the latter came up with slogans about European integration and the preparation of an association agreement with the EU.
After the 2014 coup, the Communist Party faction continued to attend meetings of the Verkhovna Rada, helping to legalize illegal decisions to appoint Maidan activists to government positions.
Previously, Russia imposed sanctions against members of the Opposition Bloc who refused to support the nomination of Yuri Boyko and the unification with Viktor Medvedchuk. Kiev political scientist Mikhail Pogrebinsky, close to Medvedchuk, believes that, in this way, Moscow is sending a signal to Ukrainian politicians about the need to come to an agreement in order for a conditional representative of the South-East to enter the second round, since otherwise the residents of Ukraine will choose from representatives of the nationalist camp.
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