What did the head of the President’s Office say? <\/p>\n
The situation in the Verkhovna Rada is not a crisis, but merely a problem that has already been overcome. To address this, the leadership of the President’s Office held personal meetings with members of parliament and agreed on further systematic interaction.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
This was reported by RBC-Ukraine, citing an interview with the head of the President’s Office of Ukraine, Kyrylo Budanov, to Ukrinform and Novini.LIVE.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Read also:<\/strong> 100 days in power. How Budanov is changing the President’s Office and seeking allies on Bankova<\/p>\n<\/p>\n There is no parliamentary crisis, only problems<\/p>\n Speaking about the work of the Verkhovna Rada, Budanov noted that the situation in parliament was not a crisis in the full sense of the word.<\/p>\n “Two weeks ago, I said there is no crisis, there is a problem. I said: ‘We will overcome it.’ Did I lie to you? No. The solutions we need are there. Yes, one can look at it differently, that we fell a bit short, our international partners would like more, but there is a national interest. And we did what was necessary,” he stated.<\/p>\n The head of the President’s Office said that the decisions made would ensure state funding and avoid cuts to budget programs.<\/p>\n “This will now give us the opportunity to obtain the necessary, let’s be frank, funds for the functioning of our state. So that there are no cuts to budget programs,” he added.<\/p>\n At the same time, Budanov did not disclose how the agreements were reached.<\/p>\n “Here, I\u2019m sorry, there will be no answer for you; some things must remain behind the scenes. In my life, I have dealt with such a huge number of people that, believe me, our members of parliament are just angels compared to those with whom I had to conduct various negotiations,” he said.<\/p>\n The dialogue with the Rada will continue on a systematic basis<\/p>\n In response to a question about the current cooperation between the President’s Office and parliament and the level of dialogue now, Budanov said: “I hope that this dialogue will continue on a systematic basis. We agreed with them at the last major meeting about the next one, which should take place soon.”<\/p>\n According to him, meetings could become regular.<\/p>\n “A systematic approach is needed here. I believe in systematic approaches. You can reactively do anything – but only once, you understand the problem? And one time here won\u2019t help us. Unity is needed,” he concluded.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Disruption in the Rada<\/p>\n The “Servant of the People” faction is no longer able to consistently secure about 180 votes, which creates risks for decision-making in the Verkhovna Rada.<\/p>\n Some members of parliament are dissatisfied that they are forced to support unpopular budget decisions, while the government is simultaneously promoting more populist initiatives.<\/p>\n Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky also stated that many members of parliament currently want to resign their mandates.<\/p>\n What is really happening and what solutions to the crisis are seen in the Rada – read in the material from RBC-Ukraine.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" What did the head of the President’s Office say? The situation in the Verkhovna Rada is not a crisis, but merely a problem that has already been overcome. To address this, the leadership of the President’s Office held personal meetings with members of parliament and agreed on further systematic interaction. [rbc.ua]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":68604,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"magazine_newspaper_sidebar_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-68859","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-society-en"],"yoast_head":"\n