Prime Minister Oleksiï Gontcharouk, who has been in office for six months, has resigned and will be replaced by one of his deputies, several members of the presidential party said on Tuesday evening. No official confirmation of this information could be obtained from the government and the presidency. The Prime Minister's resignation must be ratified by a vote of the parliament.
Several sources in the Ukrainian presidency and government told AFP last week that President Volodymyr Zelensky, unhappy with the government's poor economic results, plans to replace his prime minister, who turned 35 the youngest head of the government. government of the history of Ukraine. Gontcharouk denied on Monday that he had resigned while admitting that " consultations on this matter " were planned with the president.
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Tuesday evening, information on his resignation request was announced at a meeting of deputies of the presidential party with the head of state Volodymyr Zelensky, told AFP a deputy of this formation, Ievgenia Kravtchouk. The decision will be validated by the parliament on Wednesday, she continued. One of the deputy prime ministers, Denys Chmygal, whose candidacy had been announced to deputies by President Zelensky, should immediately be appointed head of government, said Kravtchouk.
The same information was announced by two other deputies of this party, quoted by the Interfax-Ukraine agency. According to them, many ministers, including those of Foreign Affairs, Defense, Economy and Finance will be replaced. Several officials of the presidential party have criticized the work of the government in recent days. " We have to systematically review what the government should do, " one of the presidential party leaders Oleksandre Kornienko said on Monday. " People do not see the result (of his work, note) which would be palpable in their pockets, in their invoices, " he explained.
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The deputies will examine the government reshuffle Wednesday afternoon, during a " special session " at the request of the head of state. Zelensky was triumphantly elected president last April by promising to " break the system ", eradicate corruption, and replace the old elites deemed corrupt and ineffective. Freshly created, his party won the anticipated legislative elections in July by forming a government comprising a number of ministers without experience in the executive.
