“Ex-minister Herman Galushchenko spoke publicly for the first time after the NABU’s high-profile investigation into large-scale corruption in the energy sector. This is stated in his statement. Today, November 12, the government removed Herman Galushchenko from the duties of the Minister of Justice. “I spoke with the Prime Minister of Ukraine, Yulia Svyridenko. I completely agree: a political decision must be made, and only then will we deal with all the details,” –”, — write on: ua.news
Ex-minister Herman Galushchenko spoke publicly for the first time after the NABU’s high-profile investigation into large-scale corruption in the energy sector.
This is what he says statement .
Today, November 12, the government removed Herman Galushchenko from the duties of the Minister of Justice.
“I spoke with the Prime Minister of Ukraine, Yulia Svyridenko. I completely agree: a political decision must be made, and only then will we deal with all the details,” he emphasized.
Galushchenko emphasized that he is not holding on to the position of minister.
“And I will not hold back. I believe that suspension for the duration of the investigation is a civilized and correct scenario. I will defend myself in the legal field and prove my position,” the ex-minister emphasized.
We will remind that this Monday, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine, together with the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office, announced the disclosure of a large-scale corruption scheme at Energoatom.
According to the investigators, the company was actually under the control of an organized criminal group, the members of which demanded “kickbacks” from contractors in the amount of 10-15% of the value of the contracts.
NABU also specified that illegally obtained funds were laundered through an office in the center of Kyiv, which belongs to the family of former People’s Deputy Andriy Derkach.
Against the background of the investigation, the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyi, emphasized that cleaning Energoatom of corruption is a priority task of the state.
We will remind you that the Government of Ukraine has adopted decision on the removal of Herman Galushchenko from the duties of the Minister of Justice.
“Scheme” journalists reported the names of all those involved in the “Midas” operation who received suspicion from NABU. There are eight of them. As of now, five people from the list of suspects have been detained. Two of them – Timur Mindych and Oleksandr Zukerman – left Ukraine.
We will remind, NABU and SAP exposed activity of a criminal organization which included current and former officials of the energy sector, a well-known businessman, and other persons. Its participants critters a large-scale corruption scheme influencing the activities of strategic public sector enterprises, in particular JSC NAEK Energoatom.
Operation Midas: NABU and SAP reported the suspicion to former Deputy Prime Minister Chernyshov.
Suspicions were announced to seven persons involved in the corruption case in the energy sector.
