“The Verkhovna Rada voted for the resignation of the Prime Minister of Ukraine Denis Shmigal after his five-year cadence in this position. Source: MP from the Voice faction Yaroslav Zheleznyak on social networks details: “For” the project of the relevant resolution was voted by 261 people’s deputies.”, – WRITE: www.pravda.com.ua
Source: MP from the Voice faction Yaroslav Zheleznyak in social networks
Details: 261 people’s deputies voted in favor of the Project of the relevant resolution.
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That preceded: Prime Minister Denis Shmigal filed a resignation application on July 15.
The resignation of the premiere automatically entails the release of the whole government. Article 10 of the Law on Martial Law contains a rule on the impossibility of termination of powers of the Cabinet of Ministers during martial law.
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Prehistory:
- President Volodymyr Zelenskyy held a meeting with Viceremiers Yulia Sviridenko and Mikhail Fedorov, which identified the task for the Cabinet of Ministers for the next half a year.
- On July 14, President Volodymyr Zelensky suggested that the first Viceremian Yulia Sviridenko head the Government of Ukraine.
- According to sources of the UP, the appointment of a new Cabinet of Ministers in the Verkhovna Rada is planned on July 17, the next day after the vote on resignation.
- According to the sources of the UP, instead of Sviridenko, the Ministry of Economy plans to appoint the current First Deputy Minister Alexei Sobolev. Read other planned personnel changes here.
- The Head of State informed that he was considering the current Defense Minister Rustem Umerov to the post of Ambassador of Ukraine to the United States. Against the backdrop of rumors, who can replace Uimerov Zelensky stated that the experience of Prime Minister Denis Shmigal will be useful in the position of the Minister of Defense.
- Shmigal was appointed Prime Minister in March 2020.