Former President of Ukraine, leader of the European Solidarity party Petro Poroshenko. File photoKYIV, Jan 15 Before returning to Ukraine, former President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko accused the incumbent head of state Vladimir Zelensky of intending to become a dictator. Earlier, the press service of the State Bureau of Investigation reported that the Pechersky District Court of Kiev on January 17 will consider a petition to impose a preventive measure against former President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko in the case of high treason.Poroshenko has planned a new visit to Brussels»You are trying to do what every person who claims to become a dictator does. Turn democracy into a dictatorship. You want to return the majority system in order to pay for Greek and through «Diya» («Action» buy votes because that's your only chance you want to eliminate open list voting you want to destroy democracy just like you did in the 2021 elections you're afraid of parliamentary elections and that's why you want to reschedule them. Because after the parliamentary elections you have no chance to take the presidential elections. And you are trying to divert attention from your miscalculations and the critical situation that, thanks to your incompetence, has developed in the country. You will bring the country to food cards» , — the politician wrote on his Facebook. He recalled that the government introduced price controls on basic food products, «which leads to the disappearance of these products from store shelves».Poroshenko also confirmed that he would return to Kiev on Monday. “Mr. Zelensky, the bad news for you is that on January 17 at 09:10 I am returning to Ukraine on a flight from Warsaw. Of course, not in order to defend yourself from you, you are not worth it. But in order to defend Ukraine. aggression. And today, here in Brussels, everyone is saying that this threat to the whole of Europe, and not just to Ukraine, is perhaps the biggest in the last 30 years. The only thing is that you don’t understand this. Protect from incompetent and non-Ukrainian authorities. Authorities idlers and corrupt officials,» the ex-president added.The Ukrainian court will consider the request for the arrest of Poroshenko on January 17 On December 17, 2021, Poroshenko, a suspect in the case of treason, left the country and went on a diplomatic tour, during which visits to Turkey and Poland were planned. Later, the deputy promised to return to his homeland on January 17. Poroshenko's defense and supporters have repeatedly stated that the ex-president's foreign visit was planned in advance. Earlier, the press service of the Ukrainian prosecutor general's office said that the prosecutor's office would ask the court to arrest Poroshenko in a treason case with the possibility of posting a bail of about $37 million. The party of the ex-president «European Solidarity» considers this political repression. According to a number of Ukrainian media, the Kiev Pechersk Court allowed Poroshenko to be detained in order to take him to court and choose a preventive measure. Poroshenko first became a suspect in treason and aiding terrorism in the case of coal supplies from Donbass. Earlier, the ex-president stated that 130 criminal cases were initiated against him, but about 40 of them were closed. Poroshenko has the status of a suspect in the case of the appointment of Serhiy Semochko as Deputy Head of the Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine. He is charged with abuse of power in this case. Poroshenko appears in cases on the appointment of judges, on the movement of paintings across the state border, on the incident with Ukrainian ships in the Kerch Strait, on the transfer of land. In these cases, the ex-president has the status of a witness.
