The intellectual strength of such a Council is hardly commensurate with the challenges facing Ukrainian society today.
Chairman of the Board of Transparency International Ukraine “(TI Ukraine) Andriy Vyshnevsky has already explained how the process of rebuilding Ukraine should take place . He believes that the beneficiaries of such a project should be the government, the Verkhovna Rada and local self-government. In this case, the role of the OP will be minimal. In addition, it is necessary to involve (and today it is more real than ever) thinkers on a global scale. However, in opening the decree №266/2022 of 21.04.2022 (question question of the National Council for the reconstruction of Ukraine from the effects of war), we will not see anything similar to the one outlined above, but will see a completely different picture instead. About this in the material “Post-war reconstruction of Ukraine: great times require great actions” for ZN.UA.
The National Council formed by the President consists only of Ukrainian government officials . It includes almost all members of the government and chairmen of parliamentary committees, the head of the National Bank, the secretary of the National Security and Defense Council, and the head of the office of the president and his deputies. The National Council is co-chaired by the Prime Minister and the Head of the President's Office, and the Secretary is the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Finance, Tax and Customs Policy. At the same time, the Rada is an advisory body to the President of Ukraine.
The intellectual power of such a Council is hardly commensurate with the challenges facing Ukrainian society today – with all due respect to each member of the National Council. In addition, even a cursory analysis of the design of the newly formed body reveals several inconsistencies at once.
, because each of them has his own responsibilities and a wide range of direct responsibilities. Routine will keep them from thinking creatively, This means that they will come to the National Council meeting at best with folders prepared for them by their assistants and directors of departments, before carefully blowing dust from them and sticking a sticker “Reforms”.
Secondly , the equalization of the Prime Minister, who holds the highest political position in the executive branch, as determined by the Constitution, and the head of only the permanent subsidiary body of the President, whose position is not neither political nor civil service, is nothing more than another attempt to undermine the state system of Ukraine as a parliamentary-presidential republic.
Third, the very fact of such an equation shows only that no prime minister -We don't really have an minister, and a person from the office of the president will lead virtually all processes not only in the National Council, but also in the government and parliament – without proper powers, political and legal responsibilities.
Thus, there is reason to believe that the intention of the initiators of the National Council in this form was not to create conditions for generating the best ideas for the restoration of Ukraine. Instead, there are more indications that the goal could be to destroy the normal process of state policy-making, leveling the role of government and parliament in this process, which in fact should be leading both in terms of democratic standards of public policy-making and in terms of Ukrainian Constitution. . The fact that the head of the President's Office is the co-chair of the Council and the Secretary is the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Finance, Tax and Customs Policy does not exclude the possibility that the main goal of the “strategic” initiative is to take control of the leadership of the President's Office, in particular, the budget process and public finances that will be spent on programs and projects related to the postwar reconstruction of Ukraine.
Particularly disappointing is the fact that problems non-trivial content and scale again try to solve the most trivial methods. By the same methods of countless councils: national, coordination, development and goddamn more, with the help of which over the past thirty years in Ukraine buried many reforms and tightly boarded up many windows of historical possibilities.
Read also: The greatest a mistake for Ukraine can be a literal reproduction of everything we lost in the war – expert
More materials by Andriy Vyshnevsky at the link.
See special topic: < strong>UN: The number of Ukrainian refugees may exceed 8 million The UN has called for increased support for countries that accept refugees from Ukraine. Financing Putin's war in Europe Fossil fuel imports from Russia in the first two months of the invasion OP do not rule out possible strikes on warehouses and bases of the Russian Federation It is important to understand that if this happens, then only in the framework of defensive measures. UN coordinator in Ukraine goes to Zaporizhia to prepare for evacuation from Mariupol The UN has announced “full mobilization” to save the lives of Ukrainians. World-class thinkers may be interested in rebuilding Ukraine: the expert told how to organize the process properly The beneficiaries of such a project should be the government, the Verkhovna Rada and local self-government. In this case, the role of the OP will be minimal.
