Poroshenko’s Risky Play with Ukraine’s Government
Poroshenko’s Risky Play with Ukraine’s Government

Author(s): Piotr Kościński
Subject(s): Governance, Public Administration, Public Law, Government/Political systems, Geopolitics
Published by: PISM Polski Instytut Spraw Międzynarodowych
Keywords: Ukraine; Arseniy Yatsenyuk; domestic policy; Eastern Europe; government; Petro Poroshenko; political parties; Yulia Tymoshenko
Summary/Abstract: The Ukrainian parliament on 16 February did not back a vote of no confidence in the government. Voting was conducted at the request of the two parties of the ruling coalition after sharp criticism by President Petro Poroshenko of Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk. Paradoxically, however, the government was able to remain in place mainly because, despite the criticism, a group of deputies in the president’s camp and some opposition members did not vote. After the vote, two parties left the coalition—Batkivshchyna and Samopomich, leaving the future of the cabinet in question. A larger power struggle not only could stop reforms in the country but carry the risk of large public protests, which would be dangerous for Ukraine.

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