Ministry of Justice to consider complaint of Ministry of Defence on Bezrukova’s return to post of head of DPA
The Ministry of Defence has filed a complaint to the Ministry of Justice regarding the return of Maryna Bezrukova to the post of head of the State Enterprise "Defence Procurement Agency".
According to Censor.NET, this was reported on the Facebook page of the Ministry of Justice.
The report says that on 30 January, the State Registration Complaints Board of the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine received a complaint from the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine to appeal the decision of private notary Ivashchenko N.V. of 29.01.2025 to amend the information about the head of the State Enterprise "Defence Procurement Agency".
"The essence of the complaint is to challenge the legality of the change of the head of the 'Defence Procurement Agency' from the acting director, A.K. Zhumadilov, to M.V. Bezrukova, who was removed from the position of director by an order of the Ministry of Defence in connection with an internal investigation. The Ministry of Defence of Ukraine, as the authorised management body of the enterprise, believes that the decision to change the director was made in violation of the requirements of the law and the company's charter," the Ministry of Justice explained.
They added that "the complaint will be considered in accordance with the procedure established by law".
What preceded it?
Earlier, the Supervisory Board of the Defense Procurement Agency of the Ministry of Defense signed an additional agreement to the contract with the current director of the Defense Procurement Agency for a period of 1 year.
However, later, the Minister of Defense of Ukraine Rustem Umierov stated that the Defense Procurement Agency had failed in its work over the past six months and announced the dismissal of his deputy Dmytro Klimenkov and the change of the Defense Procurement Agency's management.
Subsequently, Arsen Zhumadilov, head of the State Operator For Non-Lethal Acquisition, confirmed that he would take the second position - head of the Defense Procurement Agency.
At the same time, on Friday, January 24, Maryna Bezrukova said that she remained the current head of the Defense Procurement Agency, despite the Ministry of Defense's refusal to extend her contract.
Subsequently, the record of the director of the Defence Procurement Agency was changed once again in the Unified State Register of Legal Entities. Instead of Arsen Zhumadilov, Maryna Bezrukova was again listed as the director.
