UGCC Head to Czech ambassador: Today, no one understands what is really happening in government

On March 31, Head of the UGCC Patriarch Sviatoslav met with Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Czech Republic in Ukraine Ivan Počuch. They discussed the current social and political situation in Ukraine.

“The Ambassador showed his concern about the current social crisis in our country. In turn, I told, based on the results of AUCCRO trip to The Hague (Netherlands), how the Ukrainian church community tries to adopt an active civic stance,” His Beatitude Sviatoslav commented on the course of the meeting.

The patriarch noted that no one understands what is really happening in government: “Political society is like a closed club. And the major problem  in our country is communication between the authorities and society. To act in this direction, I told the ambassador of initiatives launched in the religious environment of Ukraine.”

Patriarch Sviatoslav spoke, in particular, about the National Forum "Transformation of Ukraine", which is an attempt to combine social forces of the country to dismantle the old post-Soviet system of government and form certain principles of a new social contract, which has a strategic plan for reforming state structures. According to the hierarch, the Forum aims to organize a society that would be able to not only engage in dialogue with the authorities, but will also become a force that would launch initiatives.

“The Ambassador believes that civil society in Ukraine is a source of hope for our future,” concluded the patriarch. It was reported by the Information Department of the UGCC.