Corruption in Ukraine: Officials Resigning.
According to the Washington Post, with the publication of news about widespread financial corruption in the Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine in the midst of the war and the possibility of a large-scale investigation, several senior government officials resigned.
Vyacheslav Shapovalov, the Deputy Minister of Defense and Kyrlov Tymoshenko, the Deputy of the Office of the President of Ukraine, are among those who resigned from their positions.
On Sunday, “Volodymyr Zelenskyi”, the President of Ukraine, by acknowledging the existence of widespread corruption in the government structure of Ukraine, announced that corruption is a chronic problem of Ukraine, and after the war against Russia, this problem has been placed in the background of Ukraine’s problems and will never be tolerated. Was.
Zelenskiy also promised to take key decisions to root out corruption. Zelenskiy’s commitment to fight corruption comes amid allegations of corruption at the highest levels of his government. Including the report of suspicious actions in military procurement, which was accompanied by some large-scale financial corruption. “I want to make it clear that there will be no return to the way things were in the past, to the lifestyle of various people close to government institutions or those who have spent their whole lives chasing a seat,” Zelenskiy said.
Ukraine has a long history of widespread corruption and shaky governance, with Transparency International ranking the country 122nd out of 180 countries in the world, not much better than Russia in 2021.
The European Union also made anti-corruption reforms one of its main requirements for Ukraine’s membership after it granted candidate status to Kyiv last year. “This week will be the right decision time,” Zelensky said. Decisions are already made. “I don’t want to make them public right now, but everything will be fair.”
