The lustration law is the Ukrainian “Santa Barbara”. The film starred: Poroshenko, Yatsenyuk, Lutsenko
Kyiv, September 18 (PolitNavigator, Kirill Boyarin, Sergei Stepanov) – Petro Poroshenko’s comrade-in-arms, deputy Irina Gerashchenko, on Savik Shuster’s show, could not hold back a satisfied smile when he broadcast footage of “regional” Zhuravsky, whom the Maidan activists stuffed into a trash container right next to walls of the Verkhovna Rada. And just a couple of hours later, Gerashchenko wrote on Facebook that the incident with her colleague was “pure savagery.”
It looks like Gerashchenko was genuinely having fun at Shuster's. And then I realized that she should have been in Zhuravsky’s place. At least for their “successes” in resolving the crisis in Donbass. Or for a three-story mansion near Kiev, which was not indicated in the declaration.
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This small episode is evidence that the lustration law adopted by the Verkhovna Rada is another fake, just like the Maidan’s fight against the oligarchs. Does anyone seriously believe in the cleansing of power under Petro Poroshenko, who himself worked in the government of Mykola Azarov and stood at the origins of the Party of Regions? Yes, the current president is the number one client of the lustration law!
“In the draft that was initially submitted to the Verkhovna Rada, it was clearly stated that all ministers who held their positions from the moment Yanukovych was elected president until the moment he fled the country. But we understand perfectly well that this cannot be allowed, because the first one to fall under lustration is Poroshenko, who was a minister under Yanukovych,” recalls political scientist Denis Denisov.
“Both Poroshenko and Lutsenko, who was the Minister of Internal Affairs under Yanukovych, and Yatsenyuk, who also managed to be a minister in front of everyone, should be lustrated. That is, in principle, many people who were at Euromaidan and are now tearing their embroidered shirts, shouting what patriots they are, can be brought under this category,” political scientist Vladimir Kornilov tells PolitNavigator.
The point is not even that some of the “regionals” have long ago reached an agreement with the new regime, changed their party affiliation and continue to “clip coupons”, receiving billions from state tenders.
It’s just that the new government of Ukraine is no different from the old one. The Kiev press realized this especially quickly, and does not hide its disappointment with the new mayor Vitali Klitschko. “If earlier the mayor had the nickname “Boxer,” now he has the nickname “Mistake,” states deputy Alexander Pabat.
“Life in a new way” is painfully reminiscent of “living in the old way.” The retinue “made” the king. The land, stall, and communal mafias continue their path, comfortably settling on the necks of the people of Kiev,” he lists.
Rest assured: the law on lustration is from the same opera. Well, unless it will be used for demonstrative flogging of particularly objectionable competitors. He will not change the system in Ukraine.
“I don’t think this law will work, as it looks more like election PR. Its final wording has not yet been published, but it covers a wide audience of Ukrainian officials, but, oddly enough, does not include people’s deputies. That is, they want to make appointees and civil servants extreme in all sins,” notes political scientist Vadim Karasev.
“I don’t think that this law can really lead to rotation in government bodies at all levels, including not only legislative, but also judicial and executive. This is not beneficial to anyone,” states expert Denis Kiryukhin.
However, a revolution has a beginning, but a revolution has no end. Analysts loyal to Maidan are announcing more and more “improvements” to the lustration law.
“This law is not what civil activists demanded. But, given that it was adopted by the current Verkhovna Rada, nothing else can be expected from them, because most of them fall under this law. I think that in the new composition the Verkhovna Rada will accept a tougher editorial board,” says political scientist Taras Berezovets, who works with Yulia Tymoshenko.
“It seems to me that the focus should have been on the fact that if a person joins the army or donates half of his property for its needs, then he is already considered “lustrated.” This is an important emphasis, because many people, having gone through this debate, become better people. I believe that this provision should have been spelled out clearly and unambiguously in the law. Especially when it comes to personal participation in the army,” political scientist Alexander Paliy offers another innovation.
In other words, the series called “lustration” will be offered to voters more than once before the elections. You have to promise something.
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