Zelensky submits bill to Rada on declarations for security officials

Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky, as previously announced, has submitted to the Verkhovna Rada a bill proposing to reinstate the obligation to file declarations for security officials who do not take direct part in combat operations.

The corresponding card appeared on the parliament’s website.

This is a response to the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine’s “Carthage” investigation into security officials’ protection of an organized criminal group.

People’s Deputy Alexey Goncharenko provided details of the bill. He recalled that during martial law, deferrals on filing declarations apply to a significant number of categories of security officials.

Zelensky proposes to retain the deferral for 90 days after the end of martial law, the cessation of participation in combat operations, or dismissal from service only for those who directly fight.

All others, including representatives of the National Guard, the State Border Guard Service, the Security Service of Ukraine and other state bodies of the security sector, are again proposed to be obliged to file declarations.

We wrote about the consequences of Operation Carthage in a separate article.