All for my ratings. Nothing against my ratings. Nothing for anyone else's ratings. That, in short, is how one might describe President Zelensky's personnel policy — paraphrasing the well-known saying of the fascist dictator Mussolini.. Why is the appointment and dismissal of ministers by the president a problem in Ukraine? There are presidential republics where the president serves as head of government and may appoint ministers — the United States, for example. However, the