Reznikov plans to change approach to combating corruption at Defence Ministry and to recruit personnel
Oleksii Reznikov, the Minister of Defence of Ukraine, had announced a reboot of the anti-corruption department and the introduction of a public control mechanism after the corruption scandal surrounding the Ministry of Defence.
Source: Reznikov on Facebook, Anticorruption Action Centre
Quote: "Regarding the admonition and prevention of corruption, we are currently taking the following actions.
The first is that we are rebooting the anti-corruption department of the Ministry of Defence; we are looking for new personnel. The second is to form a public anti-corruption mechanism, which would be open to cooperation."
Details: The Anti-Corruption Action Centre reported that the Ministry of Defence invited them to a "working group to work out issues related to the creation of a public anti-corruption council."
The Centre stated that they do not plan to participate in this initiative: "We are sorry, but we do not have any trust in the ministry's leadership to go work in a working group with a nebulous mandate and purpose."
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Background:
- Journalists published an investigation that exposed the Ministry of Defence for purchasing goods for the Armed Forces of Ukraine at inflated prices.
- Because of this, Viacheslav Shapovalov, Deputy Minister of Defence and Bohdan Khmelnytskyi, Director of the State Procurement Department were dismissed. The Prosecutor's Office informed them that they were under suspicion.
- On 5 February, David Arakhamiia, the head of the Servant of the People parliamentary faction, claimed that the faction would vote for the dismissal of Defence Minister Oleksii Reznikov.
- Later, Arakhamia stated that there will be no personnel changes in the Defence Ministry this week.
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