The government intends to fight for the interests of the country without outside help

Yesterday, Prime Minister Mykola Azarov pointed out that the opposition is unwilling to cooperate with the authorities and give in to “morbid ambitions” for the sake of state interests. This is how he responded to the threat of opposition parties to reset the electoral lists and resign parliamentary mandates in protest against the falsification of the parliamentary election results. According to Mr. Azarov, the government and the parliamentary majority will have to “protect the interests of Ukraine” on their own.

Mykola Azarov began the government meeting yesterday with summing up the election results. “These were the best organized elections in the entire history of independence,” he said confidently. The Prime Minister noted that even conflicts during the counting of votes in a number of majoritarian districts did not affect the voting results: “Can several problematic districts influence the overall assessment of the democracy of the elections and the formation of a new composition of the Verkhovna Rada? Some people really want this, but this is contrary to common sense.” sense and democratic norms!"

The Party of Regions, according to the prime minister, is not involved in conflicts in the districts. “What complaints can there be against the authorities? None! And I officially and categorically declare this,” he said. The greatest share of criticism at the government meeting went to opposition political forces. As follows from Mr. Azarov’s speech, he was most outraged by the threat of opposition parties to reset the electoral lists. As you know, at the end of last week such a proposal was put forward by one of the opposition leaders Anatoly Gritsenko. He stated that, as a sign of protest against falsifications, the opposition should refuse parliamentary mandates, reset the electoral lists of parties and recall the winning candidates in majoritarian districts ( see Kommersant on November 5 ).

“This is actually an admission of one’s own loss and unwillingness to give in to painful ambitions for the sake of the interests of the state! Our opponents have long since nullified their conscience, I see that they have long since nullified their political responsibility!” - Mr. Azarov was indignant. The Prime Minister regarded the statement of the opposition leaders as a refusal to work with the future parliamentary majority. “We saw a lack of constructive ideas and a reluctance to cooperate in the interests of Ukraine,” said Mykola Azarov, noting that the government and the majority of the Rada will have to “defend the interests of Ukraine on their own.”

The prime minister ended the open part of the meeting on an alarming note. Noting that the economic situation in the world was deteriorating, he announced a transition to a “more energetic economic policy.” “You cannot count on miraculous help from the outside! We must move in two directions: to reduce Ukraine’s dependence on foreign economic conditions as much as possible and to saturate the domestic market with our own goods as much as possible,” said Mr. Azarov. The prime minister called the development of the domestic market the only effective way to counter the global crisis.

Experts believe that the chances of such plans being implemented are low. “This (displacement of imports—Kommersant) is impossible due to globalization; it should be perceived as new opportunities, not threats. If we talk about the development of the domestic market, then this process is facilitated mainly by entrepreneurial initiative,” explained Kommersant "Director of the Institute of Economic Research and Political Consulting Igor Burakovsky. According to him, in order to compete in world markets, Ukraine should change the structure of production: “Our export potential is represented by chemistry, petrochemicals and metallurgy, and these are goods with a low level of added value.”

Director of Economic Programs of the Center named after. Razumkova Vasily Yurchishin believes that the government should not focus on displacing imports. “Import substitution is possible if the economy produces competitive products, but even then it will not be possible to impose anything on anyone,” Mr. Yurchishin explained to Kommersant. Instead, the government needs to promote exports, the expert is sure: “This is the only way, this is what the “Asian tigers” (South Korea, Singapore, Hong Kong and Taiwan - Kommersant) did in their time. It is believed that our aircraft manufacturing and confectionery industry are well developed industry. This means it’s worth helping them in foreign markets.”

Olga Kurishko

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