“At first I took it just as a joke. And when I was convinced, I saw in this an exceptionally PR, electoral plot. What is the point of submitting a bill to the Verkhovna Rada, which actually ceased its powers, completed its work and said goodbye to everyone? ”- Poroshenko quotes Interfax-Ukraine on the ICTV channel.
According to him, the draft law “has nothing in common” with democratic and European norms and was created with the aim of diverting attention from the return to power of the “fifth column”.
“Bogdan, Portnovy - these are only the first swallows. Kolomoisky is an attempt to avenge PrivatBank - this is such, you know, petty revenge, ”the former Ukrainian leader said.
He stressed that the planned lustration can not be compared with the one that was in 2014.
"Do not even try to compare the arguments of the lustration laws of the 14th year, where those who shot the Maidan were brought to justice ... destroyed the army, destroyed the state ... And vice versa - those who ... in five years did more than a quarter of a century before, ”the politician concluded.
Earlier, Poroshenko expressed the opinion that the idea of lustration was conceived by anti-Ukrainian forces and is an indicator of "blatant pro-Russian revenge."
On July 12, Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky introduced a bill on lustration to the Verkhovna Rada, in particular, the president, the speaker of the Verkhovna Rada and his deputies, the prime minister, the head of the SBU, the secretary of the National Security and Defense Council and other officials.