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How is Kerezvas trying to silence criticism of the Lviv Customs Office?
We have repeatedly raised the issue of delays in customs clearance of perishable goods from the Polish company #OLVAR SP. Z O.O., specifically the circumstances of customs procedures, prolonged cargo downtime, and losses related to deterioration of the goods.
‼️ However, instead of a substantive review of the raised issues, we are faced with a lawsuit. Head of the Lviv Customs Office Ivan #Керезвас filed a lawsuit against the NGO “NON-STOP UKRAINE” with the Osnovyanskyi District Court of Kharkiv in case No. 646/12182/26. The official demands protection of honor, dignity, and business reputation, recognition that the disseminated information is false, its retraction, and reimbursement of court costs.
In fact, the subject of the legal dispute became our publications about the activities of the Lviv Customs Office and the circumstances of customs clearance of OLVAR SP. Z O.O.’s goods. In particular, our materials covered the issues of multi-day delays of perishable cargoes and the condition of the goods after inspection.
📌 At the same time, our publications were prepared not without basis, but taking into account documents related to customs clearance of the cargoes, reports on the condition of the goods, appeals, and official responses from state bodies. In particular, one of the reports states that 89,52% of the inspected tangerines were affected by rot. These circumstances raised questions not only about the conduct of customs procedures but also about the possible consequences of delays for perishable goods.
It is also important that the issues of the customs office’s activities, observance of the rights of business entities, and possible violations by officials are matters of public interest. Reporting such circumstances and critically evaluating the work of a state body are part of public oversight, and are not automatically a basis for declaring the disseminated information false.
‼️ Special attention should be paid to the circumstances under which a pretrial investigation was opened in criminal proceeding No. 12026140000000865 under part 2 of Art. 364 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine on the basis of one of our statements. In this context, we consider it necessary to point out that the subject of our publications was issues of public interest, not the plaintiff’s private life. For this reason, the circumstances of the case should be evaluated taking into account the right of a public organization to express a critical position, disseminate socially important information, and demand appropriate responses to violations.
🔎 A reasonable question arises: does persecution through the courts create a risk that public organizations will be forced to spend resources defending against lawsuits instead of continuing to draw attention to violations in the work of state bodies? After all, an official’s right to defend their reputation should not nullify the public interest in the activities of the institution they head.
Lawsuits should not become an obstacle to public oversight, and issues concerning the work of state bodies should be considered openly and substantively.
Materials on the topic:
▫️Why OLVAR’s cargoes couldn’t pass control for weeks: a scheme on perishable goods
▫️How the State Service of Ukraine on Food Safety and Consumer Protection under the guise of the government blocks food supplies and milks “Polish business”
▫️How schemers from the customs office and the State Service of Ukraine on Food Safety and Consumer Protection block imports from Poland. Who will be responsible for 4 million in losses to OLVAR?
▫️The Lviv Customs Office and the State Service of Ukraine on Food Safety and Consumer Protection have arranged a “sanitary genocide” against Polish business
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