Central Election Commission described Zelenskyy’s idea of mobilising MPs as wild populism: Who will mobilise Zelenskyy himself to the front?. VIDEO
The Centre for Political Studies (CPS) believes that President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s statement regarding the possible mobilisation of MPs is a populist move.
This was stated by Daria Kaleniuk, executive director and co-founder of the CPC, according to Censor.NET.
The head of state has threatened MPs with mobilisation
"When Zelenskyy says that MPs should go to the front, he is offering populist advice that will naturally appeal to the Ukrainian people, but I have a question: who will mobilise Zelenskyy himself to the front?" she says.
The issue of European integration
According to Kalenyuk, a great many steps on the path to Ukraine’s European integration depend precisely on Zelenskyy.
"Why isn’t Zelenskyy fulfilling his promises and submitting the laws necessary for European integration to the Verkhovna Rada? For example, the draft law on the State Bureau of Investigation? He promised to submit it by the end of January. Is something perhaps not working properly for Zelenskyy at Bankova Street?" remarked the co-founder of the Centre for Political and Constitutional Reform.
She also pointed out that reform of the prosecution service is essential for progress towards European integration, particularly regarding changes to the appointment of the Prosecutor General.
"I see no calls from the president for his staff at Bankova to mobilise. Andrii Yermak promised to go to the front but didn’t. Mindich, Tsuckerman, and the president’s friends are holding the fort in Israel. All of this is wild populism," Kaleniuk concluded.
What led up to this?
- Earlier, Zelenskyy stated that MPs must either work in the Rada or go to the front."We will continue until the end of the war, cooperating, voting, implementing relevant laws, changes, personnel decisions and so on, or we will amend the law and allow the mobilisation of MPs who are not prepared to continue working in parliament," the president noted.
- A little earlier, Andrii Motovylovets, first deputy head of the Servant of the People faction, said in an interview with Forbes Ukraine that around 40 MPs want to resign their seats.
