Rostyslav Pavlenko: to justify illegal sanctions against Poroshenko, the authorities refer to a petition that did not gain votes

Authorities, trying to justify the introduction of illegal sanctions against Poroshenko, refer to a petition that was not supported by Ukrainian citizens.

Rostyslav Pavlenko, a member of parliament from the European Solidarity faction, wrote about this on Facebook.

He draws attention to an interview with the Glavkom website with Vladyslav Vlasyuk, the presidential commissioner for sanctions issues, in which the official mentions a petition that failed to gain the necessary votes within 90 days. Instead, the authorities ignored a petition for sanctions against Portnov, which was supported by 25,000 Ukrainians in just 20 days, Pavlenko notes.

“Following Vereshchuk, Zelensky’s representative Vladyslav Vlasyuk also stood out. He gave an interview about sanctions: smooth and round. He never explained, though, why the sanctions are not synchronized with the partners, what prevents the transit of Russian energy carriers from being banned (and where is the OP’s interest in that), and how it is possible to simultaneously demand sanctions against Rosatom and try to buy Russian reactors in Bulgaria,” Pavlenko notes.

In his interview, the Bankova representative also called on Ukrainians to write petitions regarding individuals to whom sanctions should be applied. “And he showed a complete lack of understanding of the realities. He says, ‘I think there was such a petition against Poroshenko,’” the MP quoted from the interview.

“It was there, but it didn’t get the votes. The majority of the people don’t want sanctions against Poroshenko, they see them either as pressure on the opposition or as a distraction from problems. Sociology shows this, and over time the situation for those imposing “sanctions” only gets worse,” Pavlenko notes.

“But the petition regarding sanctions against Portnov – who, it seems, was behind the crime of “imposing sanctions” on Poroshenko – just gained momentum. But the entire Cabinet of Ministers did not find any grounds there. Because Portnov wrote them “grounds” against Poroshenko, but not against himself,” Rostyslav Pavlenko states.

“It’s all a shame. With such a level in the OP, it’s no wonder that the sanctions policy is limping on both feet. Ignorant,” the MP summarizes.

It should be noted that earlier, during the government’s question hour, co-chair of the European Solidarity faction, Artur Gerasimov, asked Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Svyrydenko why sanctions against the leader of the opposition, the fifth President Petro Poroshenko, were imposed in violation of the law.

Also, the rapporteur on Ukraine, Member of the European Parliament Michael Haller, called on the Ukrainian authorities to stop putting pressure on the opposition.