Ukraine Prime Minister Resigns
KIEV, UKRAINE - 2019/08/29: Newly appointed Ukrainian Prime Minister Oleksiy Honcharuk speaks during the first meeting of the new Ukrainian parliament in Kiev, Ukraine. After the victory of Volodymyr Zelensky in the 2019 Presidential election and his inauguration, the Ukrainian Parliament was dissolved, and the parliamentary elections were held on July 21, 2019. (Photo by Pavlo Gonchar/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
Ukraine’s prime minister, Oleksiy Honcharuk, has offered his resignation on Friday after an audio recording was leaked in which he criticized Ukrainian President’s economic policies.
Oleksiy Honcharuk who made the announcement on Facebook said the Ukrainian President is “a model of openness and decency,” and claims the audio was doctored. He said: “Its contents artificially create the impression that my team and I do not respect the president, who is our political leader. “However, in order to remove any doubts about our respect and trust in the president, I wrote a letter of resignation and handed it to the president with the right to submit it to parliament.”