The right-hand man of the President of Ukraine and head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, Andrii Yermak, will resign. The announcement was made by the Ukrainian leader himself after the Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office searched his home and office for allegedly being involved in a fraud network, known as Midas case, which would affect the closest circle of .
“I don’t want anyone to have any doubts about Ukraine,” said the Ukrainian, who announced that “the head of the office, Andrí Yermak, has presented his resignation” and that this Saturday he will hold a round of consultations with the possible candidates to replace Yermak, who was the most powerful man in the country after Zelensky himself.
His resignation comes after the Ukrainian president decided to order the dismissal on December 12 of some of his closest men, such as the former Minister of Justice and Energy, German Galushchenko.
This crisis began last July, when the Security Services of Ukraine (SSU) carried out a raid against nearly twenty NABU and SAPO agents. Days later, as reported by the newspaper ‘El País’, he presented a law to the Ukrainian Parliament that suspended the independence of corruption organizations. However, he had to rectify in the face of the rain of criticism received both by its citizens and by the European Union (EU).
Now, the opposition is preparing a motion of censure for which they are gathering support in Parliament, where Zelensky, by the way, has a majority. The discontent does not come only from the opposition, but also from the citizens themselves. And, according to a survey published this November in the Sociopolis population studies center, near 70% of the citizens requested the dismissal of Yermak, whose resignation has come (for relief from said percentage) today Friday.
