Why Ukraine's prime minister hasn't been replaced?

1. I don't think anything about a big government reset, because I don't see any big government reset. I don't even see a small one. After all, all the new ministers have been in the team for a long time, and no new faces have appeared.

2. The logic of all dismissals and appointments fits into three points:

• The minister has been in office for a very long time, and (from the president's point of view) he is tired and needs to be replaced;
• There is no minister, the ministry is working under the leadership of an acting minister, which requires the appointment of a minister;
• Reorganization involves dismissal from an old position and appointment to a new one.

The logic of these three points is clear to me, and I don't see anything beyond them.

3. Why hasn't the prime minister been replaced? Obviously, his work suits his employer (according to the Constitution, it is the parliament, and now it is actually the president).

“Well, or it doesn't, but the resignation of the prime minister means the resignation of the entire government, and then you have to find the votes for a new prime minister and all the new ministers, and there will be no votes, and then you have to ask other parties, and they will want portfolios in the government in return, and then it's a parliamentary coalition, a coalition government, and a return to normal parliamentary democracy, which means the end of one-party rule.”

So our prime minister is now immortal. (And if the second coalition party is The Opposition Platform – For Life, then this is a conflict with a significant part of society.)

4. Is this a good time for a change in government? When there is a war going on, any day is bad. If the need for change has accumulated, you should not wait for the unknown.

5. None of the new appointments evoke negative emotions in me: either I know the new minister from the best side, or I don't know him at all.

6. As I have repeatedly written, the problem with the government is not the ministers. There are many strong and dedicated professionals among them. The problem with the government is that it is not the center of decision-making, as it should be according to the Constitution. As long as key decisions are made elsewhere, the government remains in a secondary role. If a minister is only a subordinate project manager, and not the key person responsible to the parliament and the people for the development and implementation of public policy in his or her area of responsibility, then it does not matter what his or her name is. This is the most important thing. The task is to return the democratic constitutional order paid for with blood to the people of Ukraine (taking into account the restrictions of martial law).

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About the author. Valerii Pekar, lecturer at the Kyiv Mohyla Academy.

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