Government suspended Halushchenko as justice minister
On Wednesday, November 12, the government held an extraordinary meeting. As a result, a decision was made to remove German Galushchenko from the duties of Minister of Justice.
This was announced by Prime Minister Yulia Svirydenko.
This morning, an extraordinary meeting of the Government was held. A decision was made to remove German Galushchenko from the duties of the Minister of Justice.
The duties of the minister have been temporarily assigned to Deputy Minister of Justice for European Integration Lyudmila Sugak.
As a reminder, on the morning of November 10, NABU and SAPO conducted searches at the home of President Zelenskyy's former business partner and co-owner of the Kvartal 95 studio, Timur Mindich, as well as at the home of Justice Minister Herman Galushchenko, who previously headed the Ministry of Energy.
Subsequently, the anti-corruption authorities reported on a large-scale operation in the energy sector. They said that the criminal organization had built a scheme to systematically obtain illegal benefits from counterparties of JSC NNEGC Energoatom in the amount of 10% to 15% of the value of contracts. The scheme involved, in particular, the former deputy head of the State Property Fund, who later became an advisor to the Minister of Energy, as well as a former law enforcement officer.
