On the evening of 4 September, the Verkhovna Rada received proposals to appoint new candidates to the Cabinet of Ministers at the suggestion of the Servant of the People parliamentary faction. This was announced by the representative of the Cabinet of Ministers in the Verkhovna Rada Taras Melnychuk, Komersant ukrainskyi
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“The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, at the suggestion of the Servant of the People parliamentary faction, which acts as a coalition, received a submission from the Prime Minister of Ukraine on the appointment of Olga Stefanishyna as Vice Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration of Ukraine – Minister of Justice of Ukraine,” the statement said.
Melnychuk said that there were other submissions as well:
- Mykola Tochytskyi as Minister of Culture and Strategic Communications of Ukraine,
- Oleksiy Kuleba as Vice Prime Minister for the Restoration of Ukraine – Minister of Community and Territorial Development of Ukraine;
- Vitaliy Koval as Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine;
- Matviy Bidnyi as Minister of Youth and Sports of Ukraine;
- Svitlana Hrynchuk as Minister of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources of Ukraine;
- Natalia Kalmykova as Minister of Veterans’ Affairs of Ukraine;
- Herman Smetanin as Minister for Strategic Industries of Ukraine;
- Mykola Tochytskyi as Minister of Culture and Strategic Communications of Ukraine.
It is worth noting that at a meeting on 4 September, members of the Verkhovna Rada applauded the resignation of Justice Minister Denys Malyuska.
According to the source of Kommersant Ukrayinsky, the dismissed Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration of Ukraine Olha Stefanishyna may head the Ministry of Justice instead of Denys Malyuska.
Earlier, the Verkhovna Rada dismissed Minister for Strategic Industries Oleksandr Kamyshyn.
The information of Kommersant Ukrainskiy’s interlocutors about the dismissal of the Deputy Head of the Presidential Office Rostyslav Shurma was confirmed. On 3 September, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy dismissed Rostyslav Shurma from his post.
The head of the Servant of the People parliamentary faction , David Arakhamia, announced a major reset of the Cabinet of Ministers this week.