The people's Deputy of the Verkhovna Rada and former head of Odessa region Nikolay Skorik believes that the appointment of Mikheil Saakashvili to the post of head of the region was another error of Kiev.
"This appointment has caused in Odessa smile. Are among the 40 million Ukrainians were not worthy candidates and the President had to appoint a person in his homeland instituted a number of criminal cases for abuse of public funds? Did Saakashvili will be able to unite the citizens of Odessa?", said Skorik, who was at the head of from November 2013 to February 2014.



"Raises the question of How the former head of Georgia has acquired Ukrainian citizenship? To get it, according to the laws of our country had to renounce citizenship of another country, " Skorik said, quoted by the news Agency. Ukrainian political analyst Andrei Zolotarev believes the appointment of Saakashvili next step in the confrontation between President Petro Poroshenko and former Governor of Dnepropetrovsk region Igor Kolomoisky, the nominee was former Governor Igor Palitsa." Like the previous Governor, Saakashvili is a temporary worker. The Club had a task - to keep the situation in the field, and He with her, in General, coped. This is the second round of the game. Poroshenko makes terrible statements, the oligarchs pretend scared. Kolomoisky was offended, now the second round, " said Zolotarev. He said that " Petro Poroshenko citizens of foreign countries in power is needed only As a Fig leaf to cover up the lack of effective work, This appointment is just political PR. Before the first day of the week Saakashvili said that is not going to abandon Georgian passports. The Minister of justice of Georgia tea tsulukiani said that the Georgian authorities will not rush to resolve the issue of deprivation of citizenship Saakashvili. On the first day of the weekend President Poroshenko officially announced the appointment of Saakashvili to the post of head of the Odessa region. Before that Saakashvili officially became a citizen of Ukraine.

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