Ukraine president signals possible government reshuffle as trust declines

Reuters by Yahoo ^ | Natalia Zinets and Pavel Polityuk | February 26, 2020

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KIEV (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy signaled a potential reshuffle of his government on Wednesday that local media said could include axing Prime Minister Oleksiy Honcharuk in favor of businessman and veteran politician Serhiy Tihipko.

Confidence in Zelenskiy's government has slid since the actor and comedian scored a surprise landslide election victory last year promising to root out corruption and end the war with Russian-backed rebels in the eastern Donbass region.

But progress on either front has been patchy, and while the 42-year-old Zelenskiy remains Ukraine's most electable politician, his public trust score has fallen from a high watermark of 79% in September to 51% in February, according to a survey by the Kiev-based Razumkov Centre think-tank.

Honcharuk's position had already come into the spotlight in January after the leak of an embarrassing audio recording that suggested he had criticized the president in a closed meeting with the finance minister and central bank.

[NorseViking]

LOL. He still thinks he can get away without the revolution:)

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Good! Ukraine tried to help Hillary defeat Trump. They are as much an enemy as China or Russia.

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Is Poroshenko still out there plotting his return to power?

Zelensky better watch his back...

[NorseViking]

Porky is running all the media and dimwit Soros-kiddies shilling for him 24/7. Że misenterprets it for actual opposition and bends to them. He is barely recognizing that kissing the violent minority's butt won't help. He alienates the majority voted for him specifically to have this crap ended. The minority would still hate him. The task of Poroshenko bots is to prove that Ze won't make it.