According to a pretrial investigation, the total losses incurred by the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine amount to Hr 685 million, First Deputy Prosecutor General Volodymyr Huzyr said.
“As of today pretrial investigation has defined Hr 685 million as the amount of losses under the incumbent government,” Huzyr said at a joint session of the Ukrainian parliament’s committees on fighting and prevent corruption, and the committee responsible for the legislative groundwork for law enforcement agencies, which was held on April 8.
Huzyr said that there are currently 12 ongoing cases related to the claims made by the former director of Ukraine’s State Financial Inspectorate Mykola Hordiyenko, of which “nine are under investigation by the Main Investigative Directorate of the Prosecutor General’s Office, one is being investigated by the Main Military Prosecutor, one case is being examined by the Kyiv Prosecutor’s Office, and one case is being investigated by the Ukrainian Interior Ministry.”
Huzyr said that Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk had sent him a letter wherein he said he and other members of the government were ready to testify in the case.
He also said there was currently no need to question Yatsenyuk or members of his Cabinet. He underlined that now witnesses are being questioned due to claims made by Hordiyenko while the investigation is ongoing
As reported, in March 2015, Hordiyenko accused Yatsenyuk’s cabinet of corruption. Yatseniuk subsequently asked the Prosecutor General’s Office to probe the allegations.
Hordiyenko was dismissed as the country’s chief financial inspector on April 4 following a government-initiated check of his activities.
On April 2, MP Vadym Rabinovych of Opposition Bloc and independent lawmaker Boryslav Bereza drafted a parliament resolution, registered as No. 2519, to set up a commission to investigate corruption in Ukraine’s government, which, according to Hordiyenko, had embezzled Hr 7.5 billion.
