Editor’s Note: As Ukraine gets set to inaugurate its sixth president by May 30, the Kyiv Post is asking Ukrainians and those with Ukrainian ancestry who live abroad to send in their pictures (mug shots) with answers to the following three questions for publication. Please keep responses brief — no more than 200 words for each answer or 600 words in all. Include contact details for verification as well as full name, occupation and country of residence. A selection of respondents will be published periodically before Volodymyr Zelenskiy is sworn in as president. Send responses/photos with the subject header “Ukrainian Voices From Abroad” to Kyiv Post chief editor Brian Bonner at [email protected]
Laura Luzinska is a head of marketing who lives in Sønderborg, Denmark.
Kyiv Post: What do you hope for most from President Volodymyr Zelenskiy?
Laura Luzinska: I do not have my hopes up for a new president. The biggest hope that he will not stop the reforms that has been started already: medical, decentralization, education etc. The best-case scenario is if Zelenskiy will jump-start judicial reform. It is clear that this reform, is the most important one since if you have pocket courts why to obey the law. Lustration that was started after Revolution of Dignity has not happen because of corrupt judicial system.Unfortunately I am very sceptical about it.
Kyiv Post: What is the No. 1 priority facing Ukraine?
Laura Luzinska: Building strong state institutions. We need strong mechanism of checks and balances.
Kyiv Post: What is the biggest obstacle that the new president must overcome to achieve success?
Laura Luzinska: His arrogance.
