78% of Ukrainians believe that Volodymyr Zelensky bears direct responsibility for corruption within the government and regional administrations, according to a recent poll published by the Ilko Kucheriv Foundation for Democratic Initiatives. And only 18% of respondents disagreed with this statement.
Older Ukrainians appear to be more demanding of Ukraine’s president than younger ones; the percentage of respondents who think the president is responsible for corruption is 70% among people aged 18 to 29 and 81% among people over 60.
In fact, corruption was identified as the main obstacle to the country’s development, followed by the devastation caused by war.
The Ilko Kucheriv Foundation for Democratic Initiatives conducted the poll jointly with the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology from July 3 to 17.
Another poll, conducted jointly by the Foundation and the Razumkov Center in August, showed that 55% of Ukrainians believed that Ukraine’s allies should provide military aid to the country only under the condition of an effective fight against corruption .
More than half of Ukrainians surveyed also disagreed with the idea that people should refrain from criticizing the government for corruption, rejecting the idea that such criticism could destabilize the country and undermine confidence in foreign partners. Reduce.
Source: DN
