The Anti-Corruption Action Center has filed a complaint with the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NACB) about the commission of a crime by the Minister of Defense of Ukraine, Rustem Umerov, under Part 2 of Article 364 of the Criminal Code (abuse of power or official position).
The Anti-Corruption Action Center reported this on its official Facebook account.
The Anti-Corruption Action Center stated that the reason for filing the complaint was the actions of the Minister, who refused to comply with the decision of the Supervisory Board of the Defense Procurement Agency to extend the contract with the director (Maryna Bezrukova) for another year. Umerov also dismissed two members of the Supervisory Board who voted for this decision (Taras Chmut and Yurii Dzhyhyr).
"The Statute of the Defense Procurement Agency provides for the creation of a Supervisory Board, that is, the Ministry of Defense, as a management body, does not have the authority to not extend the contract with the current head of the Defense Procurement Agency. In accordance with Clause 7, Part 1, Article 11-4 of the Law "On the Management of State Property", such exclusive competence belongs to the Supervisory Board.
In addition, Article 6 of the Law, which defines the list of powers of authorized management bodies, including the Ministry of Defense, does not grant the specified Ministry the right to usurp the exclusive powers of the Supervisory Board.
Thus, the Minister's decision not to extend the contract with the head of the Defense Procurement Agency was made with the abuse of the power and official position granted to him, intentionally, with the aim of obtaining benefit and contrary to the interests of the Ministry of Defense, and also caused serious consequences for the interests of Ukraine and its defense capability," the statement says.
The Anti-Corruption Action Center also published on its website the full text of the statement with a detailed statement of accusations regarding the Minister's actions.
As previously reported, Defense Minister Rustem Umerov did not extend the contract with the director of the Defense Procurement Agency state enterprise Maryna Bezrukova, and also initiated the dismissal of his deputy Dmytro Klimenkov. Umerov reported this on his Facebook page. The Minister called the failure of weapons procurement the reason for such actions.
Umerov also reported that Arsen Zhumadilov will be appointed director of the Defense Procurement Agency.
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