NSDC may take over some of the powers of the Presidential Office

Presidential Administration discusses transfer of some functions to the NSDC

The National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine may assume some of the powers Office of the President of Ukraine. The OP is currently considering delegating certain responsibilities. This was reported by Ukrainian Pravda.

Details

According to the publication, a scenario is being considered in which the Presidential Office may not function at all in the format that existed during the work of its former head, Andriy Yermak. In this case, some of the management, coordination and security functions may be transferred to National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine.

Context.

As the «Ukrainian Pravda», this approach considers Volodymyr Zelenskyy. This is not about the formal liquidation of the OP, but about changing the management architecture and redistributing decision-making centres in a time of war.

No final decisions have been made yet; discussions are at the conceptual stage.