{"id":1340880,"date":"2026-01-06T09:48:55","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T07:48:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/checkered-blanket-why-zelenskyy-s-representatives-didn-t-come-to-court\/"},"modified":"2026-01-07T06:52:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T04:52:17","slug":"checkered-blanket-why-zelenskyy-s-representatives-didn-t-come-to-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/checkered-blanket-why-zelenskyy-s-representatives-didn-t-come-to-court\/","title":{"rendered":"Chequered Blanket: The Case the President\u2019s Representatives Didn\u2019t Show Up For"},"content":{"rendered":"

Source: Author’s Facebook<\/a> page<\/em><\/p>\n

In trials of corrupt officials, a familiar trick often appeared: when an unfavourable decision loomed, they suddenly \u201cfell ill.\u201d An ambulance would arrive, and doctors, wrapping them in a standard chequered blanket, would whisk them away \u201cfor procedures.\u201d In this way, a little time was always bought.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The chequered blanket became a symbol of crude cunning used to evade responsibility.<\/p>\n

Today, the \u201cchequered blanket\u201d was on display in the Supreme Court. Zelenskyy\u2019s representative did not appear \u2014 she \u201cfell ill.\u201d Moreover, there is a nuance. And not just one. After all, this is an administrative process.<\/p>\n

First, it wasn\u2019t merely the \u201crepresentative\u201d who failed to show up. In fact, Zelenskyy himself did not appear, because there is a principle of \u201cself-representation.\u201d<\/p>\n

The party in question is the President as an institution, and therefore, there should have been a representative. For the State Administration of Affairs, whose employees are paid from the Presidential Office budget \u2014 which this year provides 5.25 billion UAH, and last year 4.2 billion \u2014 this is not a trivial matter.<\/p>\n

So it was not a case of \u201cthey couldn\u2019t find anyone to send.\u201d It was a conscious decision not to appear. Why? Because they had already realized defeat.<\/p>\n\t\t