Argentina on Sunday, Nov. 19, elected libertarian Javier Miley, a committed radical to fixing the country’s deep economic crisis, as its new president, Reuters reported.
“According to official results, Miley won almost 56% against 44% for his rival, Peronist economy minister Sergio Massa,” the agency said in a statement.
It is noted that Miley promises to carry out shock therapy of the Argentine economy. He promises to close the central bank, abandon the peso and cut spending – potentially painful reforms that have resonated with voters angered by the economic crisis.
“Argentina’s new president will have to deal with empty government and central bank coffers, a $44 billion International Monetary Fund debt program, and inflation approaching 150%,” the agency stresses.
In addition, Reuters writes, a victory by Miley would change Argentina’s political landscape and economic scheme, and could affect trade in grain, lithium and hydrocarbons. In addition to all this, Miley criticizes China and Brazil, saying he will not deal with “communists” and favors stronger ties with the United States.
During his working visit to Greece, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with President of Greece Katerina Sakellaropoulou, the President’s press service reported on Monday evening.
The heads of state discussed the current state of affairs on the front line and the security situation in the region in view of the continuation of Russian aggression against Ukraine.
Zelenskyy thanked Greece and personally Katerina Sakellaropoulou for supporting our country since the beginning of the full-scale invasion.
The President of Ukraine noted the Greek leader’s special attention to the needs of Ukrainian citizens who have taken temporary refuge in this country. He particularly thanked the Greek side for the program of rehabilitation of Ukrainian children affected by Russian aggression.
The Head of State expressed hope that Greece would join the restoration of the affected regions of Ukraine.
“We are aware of the special role of Odesa in the history of Greece and look forward to your country’s involvement in the restoration of the city and Odesa region. I propose that Greece take patronage of this region,” Zelenskyy said.
77.6% of the polled Ukrainians believe that the president is directly responsible for corruption in the government and military administrations.
This is evidenced by the data of a public opinion poll on the adaptation of Ukrainians to life in war conditions, conducted by the Kiev International Institute of Sociology in July by order of the Ilk Kucheriv Foundation for Democratic Initiatives.
“Delaying solutions to problems that undermine people’s faith in victory will also hit the president himself. The poll showed that according to 77.6% of citizens, “the president is directly responsible for corruption in the government, military administrations,” – said the executive director of the Foundation “Democratic Initiatives” Petro Burkovsky.
As the sociologist noted, “the widespread argument that ‘the government does not have time everywhere’ does not work after 16 months of war and will no longer play the role of an indulgence for abuse, indifference and incompetence of persons who were elected and appointed precisely so that they ‘had time to do everything and everywhere’ using their powers, all the more expanded under martial law.”
“That is, it is the officials who do not fulfill their duties that are no less a dangerous enemy at this stage than Russia. And citizens expect Vladimir Zelensky’s determination to remove such individuals from power, to listen to and promote performers who honestly point out problems and competently offer solutions,” Burkovsky continued.
“Therefore, the cleansing of the TCC from “invaluable personnel” should be a starting point, not a point in the process of change in the defense sector. In this case, we should not go the way of simple solutions. In particular, we can reasonably assume that the majority of citizens may support such a “simple idea” as “transferring military offenders to the front line.” However, can we trust weapons and soldiers’ lives to people who cynically peddled certificates to evade service? It is unlikely that such a decision will be supported in combat units. But the proposal to replace corrupt officials with veterans will resonate with the public,” summarizes the political analyst.
According to the survey, 72.9% of Ukrainians support the dismissal of wounded military personnel from the ranks of the AFU with the payment of all due compensation for treatment and rehabilitation, and 46.3% – transfer at will to positions in military commissions instead of current employees.
All-Ukrainian survey “Public and Political Attitudes of the Population of Ukraine” was conducted by the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology in July 2023 at the request of the Foundation for Democratic Initiatives. The survey was carried out by the method of personal interviews using a tablet. Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts were immediately excluded from the sample due to security issues. Kherson region was initially included for calculations, but due to security issues the task for Kherson region was implemented in the neighboring Mykolaiv region.
A total of 2011 interviews with respondents living in 135 localities of Ukraine were conducted as part of the study. Under normal circumstances, the statistical error of the sample does not exceed 3.3%
The Kiev economic court has cancelled the entry in the Unified State Register of Legal Entities, Physical Entrepreneurs and Public Formations, which contained information that the president of the All-Ukrainian public organization Boxing Federation of Ukraine (FBU) was replaced by Kyrylo Shevchenko instead of Volodymyr Prodivus.
According to the state register of court decisions, the court made such a decision on June 21, having considered Prodivus’s lawsuit.
According to the materials of the court hearing, Shevchenko was elected president of the FBU at an extraordinary conference of the federation, held on February 22, 2022, the corresponding entry in the state register was made on June 15, 2022.
In turn, Prodivus on his Facebook page called the decision to elect Shevchenko as FBU president a “raider seizure of the Boxing Federation”.
He also emphasized that he does not plan to return to the post of head of the FBU, the head of the Federation will be elected in the near future.
“I by my work at the international level will not be able and do not see possible to take the post of President of the Boxing Federation of Ukraine, there are quite a few worthy representatives of the boxing family, who have such ambitions and competence. About the official date of the election will be announced later,” he wrote.
In turn, in an appeal posted on the website of the Federation Shevchenko noted that “opponents illegally changed the record of the unified state register”.
“I immediately filed an appeal, which was accepted and appointed a panel of judges for further consideration of my case,” he said.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has signed a decree dismissing Vadym Prystayk from two posts. The corresponding document No. 442/2023 was published on the website of the head of state.
According to the text of the decree, Prystayko is dismissed from the post of Ukraine’s ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and from the post of permanent representative to the International Maritime Organization (IMO) on a part-time basis.
Hungarian President Katalin Novak has accepted an invitation from the Ukrainian government and will attend the upcoming Crimean Platform meeting on August 23 in Kiev, Hungarian news portal Telex reported on Sunday, citing information from the communications directorate of the presidential Sándor Palace.
“This also means that the Hungarian head of state may once again meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in person,” the report said.
Shandor’s Palace added that Novak will visit the Transcarpathian region before traveling to Kiev, where he will take part in the King St. Stephen’s feast on August 20 together with ethnic Hungarians living there.
Hungary was represented at the 2022 Crimea Platform by State Secretary Péter Staray, responsible for energy supply and security policy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. He stated Hungary’s unwavering support for Ukraine and that Hungary’s main goal was peace.
The publication notes that since then “several things have complicated Hungary-Ukraine diplomatic relations,” including the fact that Novak has not signed a declaration welcoming Ukraine’s new ambassador to Hungary, Fyodor Szandor, since March. “Until this happens, Fedor Szandor, who serves as a volunteer soldier and also teaches at Uzhhorod National University, will not be able to hold his post,” the report said.
“Telex” reports that this week another Hungarian publication “Index”, citing a diplomatic source close to the president, wrote that Novak is postponing the signing of the statement on the acceptance of the new Ukrainian ambassador because he allegedly has not been able to contact Zelensky for several months.
The Hungarian president met with the Ukrainian head of state for the last time on November 26, 2022.
