First of all, I want to emphasize that the President of Ukraine again did not fully adhere to the Constitution of Ukraine. Because, having dismissed the government, he appointed as acting head not one of the members of the government, but a completely different person. Moreover, even before he submitted that person's candidacy to the Verkhovna Rada for approval. \n \nIn principle, this does not comply with the requirements of the Constitution. As for the negotiation process in the Verkhovna Rada, I would like to note that it seemed to me that for the first time both the president and the appointed candidate for the position of prime minister made an attempt to reach agreement with all political forces represented in parliament, and to agree on the key points of forming the government. Alas, this did not lead to a positive result, and the votes were indeed insufficient. At the same time, I would also like to note (if we are already speaking about the political aspect of this issue) a certain policy, incomprehensible to me personally, of a number of political forces which, having views identical to those of the forces forming the government, nevertheless refused to support the candidacy, while not putting forward any understandable alternative concepts regarding state policy. That is, at the basis of their unwillingness to support the candidacy lay not disagreements regarding the content of state policy, but exclusively personal or group interests. Which, of course, is not evidence of a high political culture. \n \nIhor Koliushko, chairman of the Center for Political and Legal Reforms. \n