The Ministry of Defense interferes in the work of the supervisory AOZ, – the journalist

Photo by mil.gov.uaYesterday, the supervisory board of the Defense Procurement Agency (AOD) announced that it had extended the contract with Maryna Bezrukova.

As journalist Tetyana Nikolayenko reported in her column on Censor.NET, this was preceded by several meetings between the supervisory authority and representatives of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine. According to her, the Ministry of Defense conveyed its reservations at the last meeting.

“On Tuesday, the supervisor, having read the documents provided by the MoD, decided to extend the contract. Today, I received a disapproval from the MoD,” she wrote.

The journalist claims that the struggle for the supervisory charters has been going on for a month in the context of “so who should make the final decision.” According to Nikolayenko, therefore, it is important to clarify certain nuances here. She noted:

Clause 6.2 of the charter defines the exclusive competences of the supervisory board. She used them.

Regarding the specific decision, the MOU was informed in the order of constructive interaction. In the MOU, no one asked for consent – because it is against the law in the wording that was used.

For unknown reasons, the MOU with this letter exceeds its legal powers and demands the redistribution of part of the exclusive competences of the Supervisory Authority. Here the supervisor can already declare the pressure on herself.

The story of the Minister against Nadyadova is extremely unhelpful for the international positioning of Ukraine. If the Ministry of Defense had justified claims against Bezrukova, they should have been announced officially a long time ago.

Nikolayenko recalled the words of a Defense Ministry lawyer at the anti-corruption committee:

“The issue of appointing and dismissing the director of the agency remains within the exclusive competence of the supervisory board. This is how it is formulated in the current version of the statute. A clause was added that the ministry approves these decisions before the supervisory board adopts them. The idea was solely that the ministry would contribute its forces and means in order to check suitable candidates, help and secure the situation when a person who has not been fully checked becomes the manager interference in the competence of the supervisory board”.

According to her, this whole story is not about personalities, but about management.

“We already had problems due to the dismissal of Kudrytskyi. Can we finally put down this rake and stop dancing on it?” she added.