Political analyst: Nayyem’s resignation shows inconsistency within the government
10 June 2024 17:10
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Information from Kommersant Ukrayinsky 
’s sources about the dismissal of Mustafa Nayem, head of the State Agency for the Restoration and Development of Infrastructure of Ukraine, has been confirmed.
In April, Kommersant Ukrainskiy
reported that a decision had been made at the highest political level to dismiss Mustafa-Masi Nayem, the head of the State Agency for the Reconstruction and Development of Infrastructure of Ukraine, from his post.
The dismissal of Nayem and Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Communities, Territories and Infrastructure Development of Ukraine Oleksandr Kubrakov had been discussed on the sidelines before, but the final decision to dismiss them arose from the situation with the construction of inadequate protection at some important critical infrastructure facilities.
Questions about the work of the State Agency for the Restoration and Development of Infrastructure of Ukraine, headed by Mustafa Nayem, arose after Russia destroyed the Trypillia thermal power plant in Kyiv region in a massive missile and drone attack on the night of 11 April, and Centrenergo lost 100% of its generation. The State Agency for the Restoration and Development of Infrastructure is partially responsible for security at Ukrainian energy facilities.
on 9 May, the Verkhovna Rada dismissed Oleksandr Kubrakov, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Community Development, Territories and Infrastructure. He was dismissed in order to allegedly create a separate Ministry of Community, Territorial Development and Housing and Communal Services. Kubrakov himself noted that the decision to dismiss him had not been discussed with him by the faction’s leadership or Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal.
Today, on 10 June, Nayem resigned and criticised the government leadership.
The government stated that Mustafa Nayem was not allowed to go on a business trip to a conference in Berlin, allegedly because a government meeting with the participation of the Recovery Agency was to take place on the date of the conference.
However, sources in the government tell Ekonomichna Pravda that a government meeting was scheduled for 12 June to discuss the Recovery Agency’s work on the installation of second-level engineering and technical protection at critical infrastructure and energy facilities.
“The Agency’s report was to be presented there. That’s why the Prime Minister did not approve the business trip of the agency’s head,”
– the sources said.
Political analyst Ihor Reiterovych in a commentary to Kommersant Ukrainsky
“Nayem really had such a separate position. He is Kubrakov’s man and he has always spoken about it directly, he came with him. Since Kubrakov was removed, I understand that it happened without a minimum of any discussion with our partners, the chair under Mustafa was shaken very much,”
– Reiterovich said.
The political analyst added that Nayyem has recently spoken about certain problems in the Agency’s activities.
“By the way, I saw him at a conference on democratic governance last week, and he spoke about certain problems in the Agency’s activities. He said that there is a lack of funding, that there are certain bureaucratic obstacles, and there are many problems,” he said,
– he said.
Reiterovich believes that Nayem understood that he would have been fired one way or another and simply decided to be proactive by writing a letter of resignation.
“Most likely, these problems have accumulated and he realised that he would not be allowed to work as he did before and simply decided to be proactive by writing a letter of resignation. Apparently, he realised that one way or another he would have been dismissed either by a decree of the responsible persons or by creating conditions in which he would not be able to work properly, but nevertheless would have to report on some successes,”
– the political scientist summarised.
