Reznikov plans to change approach to combating corruption in Defence Ministry and searches for personnel
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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 acting in the following directions.
The first is that we are rebooting the anti-corruption department of the Ministry of Defense; we are looking for 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 for the ministry's leadership to go work in a working group with a nebulous mandate and purpose."
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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