NABU refused to provide the names of Cabinet members and their deputies allegedly held accountable under Sytnyk.
The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) has not provided a list of corrupt ministers and their deputies allegedly prosecuted under the leadership of then-NABU Director Artem Sytnyk, citing the lack of separate records for this category of civil servants and the absence of court convictions.
This is stated in the NABU's response to an information request. Ukrainian news.
“[…] — for 12 months of 2018, for 12 months of 2021, for 4 months of 2022, in the category “members of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine and their deputies”, persons were not taken into account;
— for the 12 months of 2019, 3 persons were registered in the category of “officials and service persons of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine”, against whom criminal proceedings were sent to court on indictments under Articles 366-1 (declaration of false information), 368-2 (illegal enrichment) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine;
— for the 12 months of 2020, 2 persons were registered in the category of “officials and service persons of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine”, against whom criminal proceedings were sent to court on indictments under Articles 211 (issuance of regulatory legal acts that reduce budget revenues or increase budget expenditures), 190 (fraud) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
"We would like to point out that Article 62 of the Constitution of Ukraine stipulates that a person is presumed innocent of committing a crime and cannot be subject to criminal punishment until their guilt is proven legally and established by a court verdict," the response stated.
"[…] It should also be noted that, in accordance with Part 4 of Article 296 of the Civil Code of Ukraine, the name of a detainee, suspect, or accused of committing a criminal offense, or a person who has committed an administrative offense, may be used (made public) only if a court verdict of guilty against them enters into legal force or a ruling is issued in a case regarding an administrative offense and in other cases stipulated by law," the NABU letter noted.
"[…] The written report on NABU's activities contains information on the number of individuals who were notified of suspicion during the reporting period, who had an indictment drawn up, and who were convicted. The number of individuals held accountable is broken down by categories defined in Article 3 of the Law of Ukraine dated October 14, 2014, No. 1700-VII, 'On the Prevention of Corruption.' The requested category (ministers, deputy ministers) is not identified," the response emphasized.
To be clear, Sytnyk, while serving as NABU Director, claimed at a conference in Vienna that the agency had prosecuted six ministers and their deputies, as well as 20 members of parliament. Many in Ukraine were surprised by this information, as the names of the ministers, their deputies, and members of parliament allegedly prosecuted for corruption were not publicly disclosed.
In 2021, NABU failed to provide a list of corrupt officials (MPs, high-ranking officials, and civil servants) whose prosecutions over the past seven years had been previously announced by Sytnyk, citing a lack of court convictions.
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