MPs reveal role of Zelenskyy's Office new head in work with parliament
New Head of the President's Office Kyrylo Budanov has personally joined efforts to persuade members of parliament to support personnel decisions in the Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian Parliament), but he delegates main work with parliament to Servant of the People faction leader Davyd Arakhamiia.
Source: Ukrainska Pravda article
Details: According to Ukrainska Pravda sources in the Verkhovna Rada, Budanov personally called individual MPs and asked them to support both recent dismissals and appointments.
At the same time, Ukrainska Pravda sources in the Servant of People faction say that overall Budanov delegates work with parliament to Arakhamiia as much as possible, as there is normal mutual understanding between them.
As one of the Servant of the People's top figures explained, Budanov is planned to be involved in work with Rada only in exceptional situations.
"I think we will involve Budanov in work with the Rada only as a last resort. There must always be a 'bad cop' whom they will fear a little," a Ukrainska Pravda source jokes.
Background:
- President Volodymyr Zelenskyy proposed on 2 January appointing then First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Digital Transformation Mykhailo Fedorov as new defence minister.
- Zelenskyy and Fedorov discussed changes he planned to implement as defence minister on 5 January.
- Ruslan Stefanchuk, Chair of the Verkhovna Rada, said on 9 January that parliament had received resignation letters from then Defence Minister Denys Shmyhal and Minister of Digital Transformation Mykhailo Fedorov.
- The Verkhovna Rada supported Shmyhal's dismissal on 13 January, who was set to move to the position of energy minister.
- The Verkhovna Rada supported the appointment of Mykhailo Fedorov as the new defence minister on 14 January.
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