The embarrassing recording and apology: Ukrainian Prime Minister announced his resignation

Just months after taking office, Oleksiy Huncharuk filed a resignation letter after a recording was revealed in which he spoke about Zlansky's lack of understanding of economics. He asserted that his remarks were artificially made, but announced his decision to "remove doubts about our trust in the president"

The embarrassing recording and apology: Ukrainian Prime Minister announced his resignation

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Ukrainian Prime Minister Oleksiy Huncharuk on Friday submitted his resignation after he was criticized by the President. He told Reuters that he might remain in office, despite the request. The president's office, Volodymyr Zalansky, said he would consider the resignation letter today.

Conjectures about Huncharok's stance arose this week after a recording of a man discussing Zlansky's misunderstanding of the economy was discovered, apparently during a meeting attended by Prime Minister, Minister of Finance and National Bank of Ukraine, last month.

Today, Huncharok claimed that the recording was conducted on the basis of various sentences spoken during the government meeting. "Its content artificially creates the impression that the team at Shi and I do not respect the president, who is our political leader," explained the Ukrainian prime minister on social networks. However, he did not reveal whether it was really his voice in the recording, which the central bank and Treasury officials refused to comment on.

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Refused to admit that he is the person appearing on the recording. Huncherock (Photo: Reuters)

Ukrainian Prime Minister Oleksiy Honcharko in Parliament in Kiev on August 29, 2019 (Photo: Reuters)

Under former President of Ukraine, Prime Minister Huncharok's predecessor Volodymyr Grossman also made threats to resign, but eventually remained in office until last July's parliamentary elections. Huncharock was appointed by parliament in August, after Zalansky's party won the most votes in the election.

He announced his resignation in a Facebook post praising Zalanski as a "model of openness and fairness." However, he stated that "with a view to removing all doubts about our dignity and trust in the President, I wrote a resignation letter and handed it to the President with the right to submit it to Parliament."

Asked by Reuters whether he intended to retire, Huncharock said: "Don't jump to conclusions." He also declined to say whether he sent the resignation letter just to test the president's confidence in him.

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Ambitious term

Later, Huncharock spoke to Parliament and reiterated the respect he has for the President. He added that Ukraine must remain united, in the face of what it defined as manipulations and attacks of information.

Since taking office, the prime minister has set ambitious reforms on the agenda, and has been able to secure from the World Monetary Fund a three-year loan program that is considered essential to maintaining investor confidence. This, after Selansky won the election with the promise of eradicating corruption and raising living standards in one of the poorest countries in Europe.

Still haven't decided whether to accept the resignation letter. Zalansky (Photo: Reuters)

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zlansky, October 1, 2019 (Photo: Reuters)

Before entering politics, Huncharok led an NGO focused on economic reforms and advising the Environment Ministry. Today, he argued that his resignation letter "will not affect" the reforms he led and the state's loans.