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O governador de Goiás, Ronaldo Caiado, elevou o tom sobre a prioridade número um do país. Caiado defendeu a autonomia dos estados e o combate rigoroso às facções como base para qualquer projeto presidencial.

Ukraine is a parliamentary-presidential republic, not the other way around. This means the main power in the country lies not with the president, but with the parliament — that is, the legislators. Of course, you probably had no idea about this, and you’d be hard-pressed to name even one of the several hundred Ukrainian parliamentarians. Naturally, every Ukrainian president has tried to consolidate a vertical of power bordering on authoritarianism. Before Volodymyr Zelenskyy, this tradition was largely unsuccessful, though each of his predecessors managed to achieve something. Zelenskyy’s success in strengthening the power vertical became possible thanks to two things: extreme populism and Russia’s full-scale invasion. The first harbinger of problems wasn’t even the 2019 presidential election, but the parliamentary one a few months later. The people were so convinced by Zelenskyy’s performance — that he would “beg Putin on his knees” to achieve peace, and that, being as tired of corruption as every Ukrainian, he wouldn’t steal — that they handed him all the cards to fulfill these promises. They gave him the largest faction in the history of the Ukrainian parliament: 254 seats. For the first time in independent Ukraine, this created a single-party majority (monobільшість), meaning there was no need to consult anyone else — they could vote for whatever they wanted. This mandate of extreme trust Zelenskyy should have used to combat corruption and end the war. As his former officials and team members admit, he had everything needed for that. However, Zelenskyy on stage in front of cameras is one thing; Zelenskyy in the office without fanfare is quite another. A staunch hedonist who bristles at any criticism and values money and fame above all else… He tried to use the people’s gift for personal enrichment and entrenching his power. I know as I worked as his press-aide for two years. Before the war, though, he achieved little. Yes, his administration significantly disrupted the course of reforms; yes, he managed to set up important corrupt schemes. But institutions still held, and various forces in the state prevented him from going too far.Then came 2022. While Putin’s missiles rained down on Ukrainians, Zelenskyy was already approving the first schemes… April 2022… Right after Bucha… The war gave him an opportunity to consolidate power like no president before. Anyone who opposed him faced criminal cases, reputation destruction, even prison terms or persecution — including people’s deputies, who, remember, are the main figures in our political system. He hides behind the Constitution when it suits him, yet abuses it at every step. Just look at the rounding up of citizens on the streets, borders closed for the fifth year running, the overreach of powers that no president in the country is supposed to have. Everything is justified by the war and the terrible Putin. Putin’s aggression is truly indefensible. But he is not responsible for creating corrupt flows that rob Ukrainian soldiers of weapons, uniforms, and food, nor for manipulating the Ukrainian Constitution. For me, Zelenskyy’s guilt in provoking this war, in mismanagement, and in prolonging it is obvious. As soon as the war is over his political career will end too and there will be no one to stand for him. What to do? I’ll remind you: we are a parliamentary-presidential republic. The Ukrainian parliament already showed its strength in the crisis year of 2014, when it managed to take power, organize elections, and choose the path of reforms. Today in Ukraine a political crisis continues that you won’t read about in international media. Yet MPs are already flatly refusing to vote for Zelenskyy’s populist initiatives or agreements that would actually finish off the Ukrainian people. Zelenskyy’s monomajority has shrunk by nearly half; even if MPs still belong to his faction, they no longer vote for anti-state laws and openly criticize the president’s populism. Ukraine is a parliamentary-presidential republic. To understand us, perhaps it’s worth starting to learn the names of parliamentarians. Many of them will have to play a crucial role in Ukraine’s future. And don’t say you weren’t warned. You knew — you just didn’t want to accept the disappointment in the people’s hero Zelenskyy, who was never that hero. People prefer to believe in a lie rather than face the fact that they were lied to.

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