“Member of the Energy Committee of the Verkhovna Rada, Inna Sovsun, together with people’s deputies of various factions, launches the registration for the dismissal of the Minister of Energy of Ukraine Herman Galushchenko.”, — write: epravda.com.ua
Member of the Energy Committee of the Verkhovna Rada Inna Sovsun, together with people’s deputies of various factions, launches the registration of the resolution on the dismissal of the Minister of Energy of Ukraine Herman Galushchenko. Deputy Chairman of the Tax Committee of the Verkhovna Rada, Yaroslav Zheleznyak, announced this. “My colleague and member of the energy committee Inna Sovsun, together with people’s deputies from various factions, is launching the registration of the resolution on the dismissal of the minister of energy,” he said. Among the reasons, the People’s Deputy named “systemic corruption in the energy sector”, “failed work to protect part of the energy infrastructure”, “lies and manipulations” and others. Advertising: Zheleznyak additionally named the minister’s unacceptable behavior during the question hour to the government, which took place on January 10 in Verkhovna Rada. Inna Sovsun, deputy from the “Voice” faction, noted that the energy committee received a letter from representatives of the European Commission and the US Embassy, expressing concern that information appears in the public space that they supposedly support the project to complete the 3rd and 4th power units of the Khao NPP. In particular, Herman Galushchenko’s response caused indignation: Advertisement: “In fact, it is exactly so, and if we are talking about the third and fourth, then there is a provision in the text of the law that states that these units will operate on American fuel. But regarding positions of middle-level clerks of the European Commission representation, Inna, I am very sorry that you are running around the embassies and throwing mud at our energy industry and our state,” – Galushchenko said. Subsequently, the Ministry of Energy reported that the transcript of the meeting of the Verkhovna Rada “clearly recorded that the minister’s statement did not refer to the words of the EU ambassador to Ukraine.” “Unfortunately, the issue of the construction of power units of the Khmelnytsky NPP has become the subject of manipulation, including by some opposition members of the Verkhovna Rada and experts. In particular, in the framework of relevant public discussions, the private correspondence of middle-ranking diplomats, who are not authorized to express the official position of the EU or states, was used – members. It was this correspondence that the minister spoke about in his report,” the message says. Zheleznyak called on fellow deputies to support the resolution on the resignation of Minister Galushchenko. We would like to remind: As of January 10, 69 substations of NEC “Ukrenergo” have been provided with the second level of protection, work is ongoing for another 13.