Yermak de facto claims to be prime minister: Bezuhla made a loud statement
30 June 14:07
People’s Deputy Mariana Bezuhla sharply reacted to unofficial reports of upcoming personnel rotations in the Cabinet of Ministers and the Armed Forces of Ukraine. In her post, she noted that the actual contender for the post of prime minister is the head of the President’s Office, Andriy Yermak, reports
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“MP “Both yours and ours“ Zheleznyak, who has a difficult relationship with the Presidential Administration, but at the same time is full of leaks from the Presidential Administration (which does not do justice to the internal security of the Presidential Office), publishes different versions of the new Cabinet,” Bezuhla wrote.
Personnel rotations in the security sector: Umerov, Boyev, Hnatov
According to Bezuhla, among the possible changes in the security sector, the replacement of Defense Minister Rustem Umerov with Ivan Boyev is being discussed, and Andriy Hnatov may be appointed to the post of Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces.
“Yaroslav forgot to mention that Boev is being considered to replace Umerov, and Hnatov is being considered for the position of Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces. You can draw your own conclusions about the candidates and whether this is not a rearrangement of chairs,” the MP emphasized.
Bezuhla: Yermak de facto claims to be the prime minister
In her post, the MP also directly pointed to the political ambitions of the head of the Presidential Office:
“As I have already written, Andriy Yermak is now de facto claiming the post of prime minister, and I believe that instead of hiding behind Yulia Svyrydenko, he should go himself.”
Statement: “If there is no change, I will go to the opposition”
The loudest part of the address was a public statement about a possible transition to the opposition to the current government. Bezuhla emphasized that if there are no personnel changes in the defense sector, she will reconsider her political position:
“If Umerov and Syrsky are not replaced, I will join the opposition.”
It is worth noting that Mariana Bezuhla is a member of the Parliamentary Committee on National Security, Defense and Intelligence. In recent months, she has repeatedly criticized the decisions of the Ministry of Defense and advocated for the renewal of the leadership of the Armed Forces.
By the way, MP Mariana Bezuhla spoke cynically about the man whose body was found under the rubble after the shelling of a high-rise building in Kyiv on June 17. According to her, he was “running away from the army” and this is his karma.
Earlier, Bezuhla was removed from the post of head of the subcommittee on democratic civilian control and was included in the “Peacemaker” list. And MP Fedir Venislavskyi said that he had filed a complaint with the SBU against Bezuhla for disclosing “information from a closed meeting of the committee,” which he himself had reported to the media.
The former “servant of the people” was included in the Myrotvorets database because (according to the information posted on the website) she had taken deliberate public actions aimed at discrediting the state authorities and governance of Ukraine, the Armed Forces of Ukraine, splitting civil society in Ukraine, and deliberately disseminating information containing state secrets.
Scandals with Bezuhla
Bezuhla is known for her criticism of the former commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Valeriy Zaluzhnyi. Back in November, she stated that Ukraine’s military leadership “must go” because the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Valeriy Zaluzhnyi, allegedly “failed to provide a plan for 2024.” Amid rumors of the Commander-in-Chief’s dismissal, the MP resorted to accusations of alcohol abuse and blackmail.
on January 5, the Verkhovna Rada’s National Security Committee, headed by her colleague from the Servant of the People faction, Zavitnevych, decided to recall Bezuhla from the post of deputy chair of the Committee.
Bezuhla stated that she did not need a weak faction and party in a time of war. on January 11, the MP submitted a letter of resignation from the Servant of the People party and faction. The Verkhovna Rada officially adopted this statement on January 12. At the same time, Bezuhla noted that she would continue to support the president’s initiatives, but did not want to have any joint obligations with the faction’s MPs, “who are stabbing her in the back.”
on February 7 , Bezuhla was expelled from the Servant of the People party.
on July 22, the committee again voted to expel Bezuhla from the party, but this requires a decision by the entire session hall.
