Poroshenko's policies have proved unpopular, so why did he dare to lead the opposition rally?

Because poroshenko knows that although he has many opponents, some policies of the current government are unpopular. He can use this rally and parade to improve his support rate and make public preparations for his next presidential election. From this point of view, poroshenko's strategy is very clever.

On June 6th, local time 10, about10,000 people held a rally in the Independence Square in Kiev, Ukraine, to protest against the Ukrainian authorities' agreement to use the Steinmeier model to solve the Donbass problem. Former Ukrainian President poroshenko and his wife appeared at the rally. Poroshenko received a hero's welcome at the rally. This once caused a riot at the scene, and people around were booing and shouting poroshenko's name together.

On June 65438+1 October1day, the Tripartite Contact Group on Ukraine held a regular meeting in Minsk, the capital of Belarus, and reached an agreement on the "Steinmeier model" for political settlement of the conflict in eastern Ukraine. This model requires Ukrainian authorities to recognize the special status of parts of Donetsk and Lugansk in eastern Ukraine, and stipulates that long-term local autonomy can be implemented after OSCE recognizes the election results of these two regions.

The Ukrainian authorities recognized the Steinmeier model and were regarded as "surrender and compromise" by domestic nationalists. 10 year10.6, tens of thousands of participants shouted "No surrender" and "For whom?" Protest slogans, such as warning Ukrainian President Zelensky "not to cross the red line" when resolving the conflict in Donbass.

Ukrainian authorities believe that protesters who took to the streets were obviously incited and used by anti-government forces. Roshenko had previously publicly promised that he would respect the election results and would not seize power by launching the Square Revolution. But this time he took the lead in taking part in the anti-government rally, which was a kind of renege to some extent.