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Why did President Zelensky decide not to defeat corruption, but to defeat the anti-corruption fighters? (www.pravda.com.ua)

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October 28, 2019. After several months in office, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrived at NABU to address detectives:

"The main question, why I came to you with my colleagues, is to charge you with this energy, so that you understand: we will not and do not want to influence you, but we really want, as people who represent society, I, as the elected president, really want you to know that your hands are not tied. Please, we really want all top corrupt officials to really receive deserved sentences. Because society will never forgive us for this."

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[–] sxan@midwest.social 1 points 2 weeks ago

It could also be that Zelenskyy still thinks it's a needed tool, but it's willing to bow to the will of the people. That's the most charitable interpretation, because it's the opposite of authoritarianism: a leader going against their own opinion in favor of their constituency.

I have to say, I like Zelenskyy. Maybe he's the right person at the right time, and maybe he wouldn't have been a great peacetime leader, but he seems to have done well for Ukraine during this crisis.