"Yermak should step down," says Servant of People MP Venislavskyi
MP Fedir Venislavskyi from the Servant of the People faction has said that the head of the President’s Office, Andriy Yermak, should step down.
According to Censor.NET, he made this statement on the "Svoboda Live" broadcast.
Venislavskyi also said that MPs from the Servant of the People faction are actively discussing Yermak’s resignation, but the final decision rests with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
"I believe that Mr Yermak’s resignation in this case could reduce the agitation around the government, as many decisions on its formation were approved after the President’s Office agreed on the nominees. However, the final decision lies with the president, and we will learn it after he returns," Venislavskyi said.
Possible replacement – Markarova?
Meanwhile, discussions in the Verkhovna Rada suggest that on Thursday, 20 November, Zelenskyy will dismiss the head of the President’s Office, Andriy Yermak. This was reported on Telegram by European Solidarity MP Oleksii Honcharenko.
According to him, a possible candidate to replace Andriy Yermak is Oksana Markarova, former Ukrainian ambassador to the United States.
Mindichgate
- Earlier, Censor.NET reported that NABU was conducting searches at Mindich's residence, who left Ukraine a few hours before the searches.
- As reported, on Tuesday, 4 November, searches were conducted in one of the branches of the separate divisions of NNEGC "Energoatom" in connection with a corruption case.
- The NABU is also conducting searches at the home of former Energy Minister Halushchenko and at "Energoatom".
- The NABU and the SAPO announced a large-scale operation to expose corruption in the energy sector.
- Current Minister of Energy Svitlana Hrynchuk appears on recordings obtained by NABU as part of its investigation into corruption in the energy sector.
- Later, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau uncovered an office in central Kyiv belonging to the family of former MP and current Russian senator Andrii Derkach, where a "black ledger" was kept, cash was tracked, and money-laundering operations were organized.
- On 11 November, NABU released recordings featuring Minister Halushchenko and Mindich.
- Chernyshova has been served with a notice of suspicion of illicit enrichment under Operation "Midas."
- One of the suspects, Dmytro Basov, was remanded in custody with bail set at UAH 40 million.
- Halushchenko's former adviser Myroniuk was remanded in custody with bail set at UAH 126 million.
- The Cabinet of Ministers has submitted proposals to the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) to impose personal sanctions against Tymur Mindich and Oleksandr Tsukerman following an NABU investigation into corruption in the energy sector.
- Earlier, Ihor Myroniuk and Energoatom’s executive director for security, Dmytro Basov, featured on the NABU tapes under the alias "Tenor", were remanded in custody for 60 days.
- Another suspect, Lesia Ustymenko, was also placed in pre-trial detention for 60 days.
- The High Anti-Corruption Court has ruled on a preventive measure for Ihor Fursenko, a suspect in an energy-sector corruption case (known on the NABU tapes as "Roshyk").
- On 13 November, the High Anti-Corruption Court arrested Liudmyla Zorina, with bail set at 12 million hryvnia.
- Zelenskyy imposed sanctions against Mindich and Tsukerman.
