Zelenskyy’s Servant of the People party in complete disarray as dozens of MPs consider resigning

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s Servant of the People party is reportedly on the brink of total collapse, with numerous MPs expressing a desire to resign, Ukrainian Pravda reported on March 20.

A lack of motivation is the primary reason for the unrest, an anonymous member of the Ze! Team told UP.

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"An MP comes in and says: 'Let me go. I'm being offered a managerial position at a factory with an $8,000 salary,” the source explained.

“’I need to provide for my family and develop somehow.' I've heard such conversations many times."

Party leadership lacks the means to incentivize MPs to work, unable to offer any additional career or political prospects, UP writes.

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Majority MPs must get approval for every foreign trip, just like opposition deputies, the source complained to the publication. Control over border crossings by various politicians is reportedly directly managed by the president, and attempts by the Servant of the People or Verhovna Rada (Ukrainian parliament) leadership to explain to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy that this is causing a loss of parliamentary control have not been successful.

Sources from all parliamentary factions suggest that a significant proportion of the current assembly would not be opposed to ending their terms early.

Servant of the People party leader David Arakhamia stated in January that there were 17 applications for resignation within the Servant of the People, highlighting the difficulty in gathering the 226 votes necessary for decision-making.

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