In addition to his ineffectiveness, he was also harmed by a wiretapping scandal; in January this year audio recordings went online in which the prime minister assessed the head of state’s economic knowledge in unflattering terms. Several other experienced officials decided not to join the government, which may indicate that they do not have any great hopes for it.The reasons for the resignation of Honcharuk, who last August became the youngest head of government in the history of Ukraine and had the reputation of being a professional, are numerous. On 4 March, the Ukrainian parliament accepted the resignation of Prime Minister Oleksiy Honcharuk, and with him the entire government (353 votes for the motion). Zelenskiy’s goal is to make the government’s operation more effective, and to reverse (or at least slow down) the rise in the negative ratings which the public has given its government. Like Nefyodov, Verlanov is also being probed after his dismissal.
The new government was a great source of hope among Ukrainians; partly because it had a majority, but also because it brought with it new faces and tall ambitions. “The signal that the government is now sending to people is this: being a reformer means that you will be harassed, get bad PR and that you will have no political future.“While being a bad guy, who is not reforming the system, means that you will be fine and have no problems.
Analysts say Ukraine's Zelenskyy might come to regret hiring Saakashvili, who is known to be a temperamental politician. His candidacy was supported by 291 deputies, including 242 from the pro-presidential Servant of the People party, 35 from the oligarchic Confidence and For the Future factions, and 14 independent deputies.A new cabinet was also voted through, with some changes being made to its structure. While Nefyodov argues that he could have done more, reforms take time, he says, adding that he couldn’t solve customs corruption in a matter of months when several thousands of cars and trucks need to be checked every day.After his dismissal, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) started investigating Nefyodov for corruption, which some Western experts such as Åslund see as merely a political move.
He believes that a key tool in reducing corruption is to create conditions for transparent free-market competition, with the state having the smallest possible share in the economy. Among them was Maxim Nefyodov, who was the head of the State Customs Service. That is why the new cabinet consists of ministers who have proven themselves in the previous government, as well as new people; of the latter, important positions have been taken by people with experience at government level (the heads of the finance and health ministries). Ukraine’s prime minister offers to resign after audio leak reveals criticism of Zelensky. He is considered to be a conciliatory person whose nature is to seek compromise.He has stated that he knows the English and Polish languages. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg held talks on Wednesday (8 July 2020) with Ukraine’s Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration, Olha Stefanishyna. In an email to the Kyiv Post, Tomas Fiala, the CEO of Dragon Capital, wrote that: “We will put new investments on hold as the authorities have been doing for the last five months exactly the opposite from what investors, both domestic and international, expect from them and advise them. The country is still scarred by its Soviet past, too. By . That we need to support the Ukrainian economy, need to increase pension, need to trade more. Billionaires.
As part of the tasks entrusted to him, he was primarily responsible for introducing reforms to decentralise the state.Shmyhal is seen as a technocrat, an effective manager and civil servant. "However, Åslund contends that those reforms were carried out only because the IMF was twisting Ukraine’s arm and leveraging its multi-billion dollar loan to combat the economic effects of COVID-19.Mylovanov and Nefyodov deny being inefficient but instead argue that the real problem is the lack of political stability and the attacks from the opposition and oligarch-controlled media.Sergii Verlanov, who was the head of the Ukrainian State Tax Service and was also fired after a few months in office, says that Zelenskyy’s government could have done better - and that the current developments in the country are worrying.“In 2019, we met the revenue target in the State Tax Service for the first time in many years, and I was, therefore, not dismissed because I was underperforming,” he says. He held this position until 4 February 2020, when he took the position of deputy prime minister and minister for the development of regions and territories in the government of Oleksiy Honcharuk.