The Ukrainian
government needs no external threats to tear their country apart; they can do
it all by themselves, according to the international news agency Bloomberg.
No external
threats are needed for the collapse of Ukraine; this can be achieved
via the efforts of the country's government, Bloomberg reported.
The news agency referred to a fist fight
in the Ukrainian parliament and "an expletive-filled clash"
between Ukrainian Interior Minister Arsen Avakov and Odessa Governor Mikheil Saakashvili
that took place earlier this month.
This is something that underlines the discord which is
"threatening to sink the government and derail a $17.5 billion
International Monetary Fund rescue. The next flash point will be a vote
on the 2016 budget," Bloomberg said.
The news agency quoted Viktor Szabo, a money manager
at Aberdeen Asset Management Plc in London, as saying that
Ukraine is most likely to face tougher times ahead in terms
of economic growth.
Szabo referred to the efforts some senior Ukrainian
politicians have made to torpedo the adoption of the budget in a
bid "to keep the IMF out and prevent the anti-corruption push."
"If the IMF deal breaks down, you have another
negative confidence shock, and you'll see no [economic] growth next year,"
he said.
He was echoed by Joerg Forbrig, senior program
director at the German Marshall Fund of the US in Berlin, who
warned of grave consequences of the latest developments
in Ukraine.
"Judging by recent events, Ukraine is edging
ever closer to committing political suicide," Forbrig said.
President Petro Poroshenko and Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk of Ukraine have repeatedly been criticized for failing
to deliver on their promises to contain corruption and
"reduce the sway of oligarchs", according to Bloomberg.
The news agency pointed out that "frustration
is boiling over" as Transparency International earlier ranked Ukraine
the 142nd — worst of 175 countries for graft perceptions, while
the World Bank admitted that Ukraine has a "long way to go."
Source: Sputnik News 25-12-2015
