I belong to that rare category of people who try to do something for their neighbourhood or their street off their own bat, although I work with the local authority on other issues. That’s why I didn’t vote in the local elections – I just didn’t see the point.
At the time of last year’s parliamentary elections, a lot of people felt sorry for me – after all, a few years ago I worked for Oleh Lyashko, who is now a prominent politician (leader of Ukraine’s Radical Party and former presidential candidate). And now that many of his assistants from back then are parliamentary deputies themselves, people were telling me I’d missed my chance.
But I believe it’s better to be free and to do what you want, rather than carrying out someone else’s orders, thinking only what you’re supposed to think and pretending to be enthusiastic about things you don’t agree with. So I decided to concentrate on journalism and start-ups, and leave politicking to others.
