Who really chooses government in Ukraine?

That is why, in these countries, governments are formed and dissolved not because of a loss of public trust or accumulated grievances from parliamentarians, but simply because the president wishes it so.

"In fact, this is the hallmark of autocracy: the will of the people is replaced by the sole will of the autocrat."

In Ukraine, of course, things are different. Ukrainian deputies are not powerless executors, as in Russia.

That is why our Constitution clearly states: it is not the president, but the coalition of election winners in the Verkhovna Rada that determines who should be the next prime minister. It is the coalition that nominates the future head of government and bears political responsibility for their actions.

We can observe, right now, just how different the management practices of the Ukrainian authorities are from the Russian authoritarian scenario.

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About the author: Mykola Kniazhytskyi, journalist, Member of Parliament of Ukraine.

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