Ukraine names corruption department head as acting security agency chief
KYIV (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy appointed an skilled safety official and corruption fighter because the appearing head of the home safety company on Monday after abruptly sidelining his predecessor.
Zelenskiy signed a decree appointing Vasyl Maliuk as appearing chief of the State Safety Service (SBU), at some point after the president suspended childhood good friend Ivan Bakanov over what he portrayed as a failure to root out treason within the company.
Maliuk, 39, had been first deputy head of the SBU since March 2020 and headed the Principal Directorate for Combating Corruption and Organised Crime of the SBU’s Central Directorate, in response to his profile on the SBU web site.
Zelenskiy additionally suspended Prosecutor Basic Iryna Venediktova on Sunday, citing dozens of instances of collaboration with Russia by officers in her workplace and the SBU.
Andriy Smyrnov, deputy head of the presidential workplace, informed Ukrainian tv on Monday that the 2 officers may finally return if they’re exonerated by the investigations into their businesses.
“We reside in a law-abiding nation, and naturally I can conceive of (the potential for) this,” Smyrnov mentioned.
In an extra top-level change, parliament voted to simply accept the resignation of Social Coverage Minister Maryna Lazebna on Monday. She didn’t clarify her resignation, which she tendered final week.
Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal issued an announcement thanking her for her “efficient” work within the function since March 2020.
He didn’t say who would substitute her however Yaroslav Zhelezniak, an opposition deputy, mentioned Zelenskiy was extensively anticipated to appoint a substitute from the presidential workplace.
(Reporting by Max Hunder, Aleksandar Vasovic and Natalia Zinets, Modifying by Timothy Heritage)
