MSEC to be liquidated as of December 31, - Zelenskyy decree
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy enacted the decision of the National Security and Defence Council to prepare draft laws on the liquidation of the MSEC.
This is reported by the Sudova Yurydychna Hazeta (Judicial and Legal Newspaper), citing Presidential Decree No. 732/2024, Censor.NET reports.
The President signed the decree on Tuesday, 22 October.
By his decree, the President enacted the NSDC decision "On Counteracting Corruption and Other Offenses in the Course of Establishing Disability of State Officials".
According to this decision, within 7 days, the Ministry of Health, together with the State Bureau of Investigation, the Security Service of Ukraine, the National Police, regional and Kyiv city military administrations, should create working groups to review the decisions of the MSEC on the establishment of disability for officials of the relevant state bodies.
Subsequently, in three months, the Cabinet of Ministers should provide a report on the results of the working groups' verification of the validity of the MSEC's decisions on the establishment of disability to officials of state bodies. And in case of revealing facts of unreasonable adoption of such decisions, initiate their review and inform law enforcement agencies.
Within two weeks, the Cabinet of Ministers must ensure that the Ministry of Health, together with the Ministry of Digital Transformation, prepare and submit to the Government a plan for the digitalization of all stages of the MSEC.
Also, within a month, the government must submit a draft law together with the Ministry of Health on the introduction of an assessment of a person with a restriction of daily functioning, developed to ensure the urgent reform of the MSEC system, providing, in particular, for the liquidation of medical and social expert commissions from December 31, 2024.
As a reminder, on October 22, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy held a meeting of the National Security and Defense Council regarding the situation with the MSEC and the abuse of disability by officials of various state bodies.
Corruption in the MSEC
On 5 October, the State Bureau of Investigation reported that the head of the State Medical Expertise Commission in the Khmelnytskyi region, Krupa, was found to have $6 million in cash during searches. Suspilne noted that it was Tetiana Krupa, who is a member of the Servant of the People party in the Khmelnytskyi Regional Council. Tetiana Krupa has been working as the Chief Medical Officer of the Regional Forensic Medical Examination Commission since 2008.
It was also reported that the head of the Khmelnytskyi regional centre of the MSEC was detained and notified of suspicion of illegal enrichment.
Currently, the SBI is studying the lists found in the office of the head of the Khmelnytskyi MSEC Krupa. They contain names and fictitious diagnoses.
On Monday, 7 October, the Pecherskyi District Court imposed a pre-trial restraint in the form of detention on the head of the Khmelnytsky Regional Medical Examiner's Office, Tetiana Krupa.
On 10 October, Oleksandr Krupa, the son of Tetiana Krupa, resigned at his own request from the post of head of the Pension Fund in Khmelnytskyi region.
The National Agency for the Prevention of Corruption has announced that it will conduct a second full check of the declaration of Tetiana Krupa, head of the Khmelnytskyi Regional Centre for Medical and Social Expertise.
On 16 October, the Editor-in-Chief of Censor.NET, Yurii Butusov, published information that 49 prosecutors of the Khmelnytskyi region, headed by the regional prosecutor Oliinik, had received disability by "covering up" the corruption scheme of the servant of the people Krupa in the MSEC and the Pension Fund. In particular, the journalist provided a list of the names of all prosecutors and described the criminal scheme used.
Censor.NET featured a story about the head of the Cherkasy Regional Prosecutor's Office, Shevtsova, who, at the age of 42, receives a pension of 785,000.
A list of 30 heads of regional prosecutor's offices who receive the largest pensions has also been published.
