The recent media uproar over the use of offshore schemes by senior Ukrainian officials, including the President, appears to be destined for nothing. The Verkhovna Rada rejected a bill that would have established an investigative commission empowered to investigate high-level fraud. This is highly suspicious, especially considering that offshore companies have become a popular topic of public debate in Ukraine.
Of the required number (226 votes), only 108 deputies voted in favor of the positive decision, and draft resolution No. 4704 “On the formation of a Temporary Investigative Commission of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on the investigation of facts disclosed in the media regarding the use of offshore companies by the President of Ukraine and other senior officials authorized to perform state functions” was successfully rejected.
The newly formed body was expected to include 19 deputies, with Oleg Lyashko as its head. Throughout its six-month existence, the commission was supposed to thoroughly analyze the facts reported in the media and render a verdict—whether they were substantiated or simply fabricated. Unfortunately, either the deputies are reluctant to do so or are afraid of becoming implicated in the case—it's impossible to say for sure, and it's unlikely to become clear in the future. Unless, of course, there's a revote on the matter.
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