The National Agency on Corruption Prevention (NACP) called in for questioning 30 civil servants, including heads of political parties, over possible violations of laws governing corruption and political parties.
Lawmaker Vadym Rabinovych, co-chair of the parliamentary faction of the pro-Russian Opposition Platform – For Life party, was summoned over possible conflicts of interest, the NACP said in a statement. The agency did not explain what those conflicts were.
Fifteen civil servants, including regional prosecutors and staff of city and oblast councils, were called in for possibly missing asset declaration deadlines. Those who missed the deadlines and don’t have a good reason can be fined up to Hr 113,500.
The NACP also summoned 10 public servants, including eight representatives of political parties for allegedly violating the procedure of submitting financial statements.
The parties included “Kernes Bloc – Successful Kharkiv,” which holds almost 38% of seats in the City Council of Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second largest city, 480 kilometers east of Kyiv. Kharkiv’s ex-Mayor, Hennadiy Kernes, who died from COVID-19 complications in December, had founded the party.
Finally, the agency also called in four people for unspecified violations, which carry possible fines of up to Hr 340,500.
On April 12, NACP reported receiving almost 792,000 annual asset declarations from government officials.
All declarations are checked by an automated system, which detects declarations with the highest violation risks and forwards them to the NACP’s staff for a full audit.
Throughout the year, the NACP plans to fully audit over 1000 asset declarations.
