Zelensky will tame the Verkhovna Rada or disperse it immediately after the elections
The likely winner of the presidential elections in Ukraine, Vladimir Zelensky, has legal grounds to dissolve the Verkhovna Rada almost immediately after taking office and schedule early elections for July 27.
The Zerkalo Nedeli newspaper, considered influential in Kyiv, writes about this, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
Zelensky needs a loyal majority in the Rada, the publication reminds. He is interested in parliamentary elections being held earlier than the originally planned vote in October. The fact is that due to economic problems, the rating of Zelensky’s party may collapse by the time the campaign takes place.
The legal obstacle is the ban on dissolving the Rada 6 months before the scheduled elections. Therefore, Zelensky has until May 27 to issue a decree. He will be able to take office as president in early May.
The reason for the dispersal of the current Rada may be evidence of the lack of the required number of deputies in the ruling coalition (the parties of Yulia Tymoshenko, Oleg Lyashko, and Andrei Sadovoy’s Samopomich came from there, but Speaker Andrei Parubiy refused to recognize the collapse of the majority, citing that it consists of the parties Poroshenko Bloc, People’s Yatsenyuk Front and non-factional deputies).
Now the case about the existence of a coalition is being considered in the District Administrative Court of Kyiv.
The case is being supervised by Andriy Bohdan, a lawyer for oligarch Igor Kolomoisky, who also works in Zelensky’s headquarters.
The newspaper believes that early elections may also be supported by Petro Poroshenko.
“If Poroshenko wins (the chances are minimal, but they exist), he will need to convert his victory into support in the elections. Yes, his party will, in any case, get less than it has (today there are 135 deputies in the faction). But almost certainly in July 2019, after the “nominal elections” and consolidation of the electorate, support for Solidarity will be higher than in October. If Poroshenko loses, then in July he will still have someone and something to rely on. And in October, most of the voters may cool down, and most of their comrades-in-arms may flee,” the publication explains.
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