Will the Cabinet resign?

UKRAINE - In Brief 16 Jan 2020 by Dmytro Boyarchuk
Talks about potential resignation of the Honcharuk Cabinet have been circulating already for several months. Allegedly President Office anticipated some toxic deliveries to be completed, like land reform, to replace the Cabinet. Problems with budget revenues as well as falling industry only heat up such expectations. Some media named end of January as expected deadline for dismissal of the government. The story has aggravated yesterday after a record of conversation between Premier Honcharuk, the NBU representatives, Minister of finance and Minister of economy has been released to public. In essence the record does not contain anything in criminal. It’s just a working meeting. However, participants in a very derogatory way discussed President Zelenskiy and his level of competence. Nothing new. Everyone knows this. But we also know that Zelenskiy is very sensitive to such stuff. He personally reviews all jokes his former colleagues create about him and his family. And when his Prime-Minister and other top level officials discuss him disrespectfully – it’s for 100% had offended him. Will it lead to fast dismissal of the Cabinet? The trust between Zelenskiy and Honcharuk has been seriously damaged or even destroyed. But from this move with records we see the idea of Cabinet dismissal is pushed by some external player (Avakov? Kolomoyskiy?) not by the President himself. Thus on the one side Zelenskiy has premier and ministers he already dislikes from now. On the other he has some aggressive player who try to manipulate him in such a blatant manner. My expectation is that President Zelenskiy will not forgive this story to Honcharuk. Especially after the disrespectful words ...

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