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A competition has been announced for the position of Deputy Head of the SAP — applications can be submitted from 19 August to 21 September. And Bankova will almost certainly try to "hack" this competition in order to gain control over the anti-corruption prosecutor’s office and make operations like “Midas” impossible in the future.
No matter how well NABU works — without a strong and independent SAP no corruption case will move forward. No suspect will be formally notified.
Here’s everything important to know about the situation right now👇
🔹 28 July 2027 the current head of the SAP’s powers expire. After that — until a new head of the SAP is chosen — his duties will be performed by the deputy selected in this competition.
The former Deputy Head of the SAP — Andriy Synyuk — is an example of the role a person in this position can play.
Journalist Mykhailo Tkach reported in his investigation that Andriy Synyuk held “clandestine meetings” and may have been connected to figures in “Midas.” According to Tkach’s materials, Synyuk reviewed the cases of the suspects and could have acted as a “useful contact” for them within the prosecutor’s office shortly before they left Ukraine.
🔹 Half of the commission consists of well-known international experts — Laura Stefan, Jens Madsen, and Martin Ortner.
However, there is a caveat.
In 23 December 2025 the Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko appointed lawyer Oleksiy Shevchuk to the commission conducting the competition for administrative positions in the SAP.
Shevchuk is a subject of an investigation into the illegal smuggling of conscription-age men abroad and defended Illia Kiva.
More than 60 civic organizations objected to Shevchuk serving in this role. However, Kravchenko did not cancel the appointment order for Shevchuk.
So such a move by Prosecutor General Zelensky’s office looked like a first step by the authorities to influence the competition.
🔴 So what can be done about it?
We take a breath and do everything necessary on our end.
🔹 Professionals — we urge lawyers to apply to the competition.
The experience of Oleksandr Klymenko shows that the position of Head of the SAP is one of the few cases where it is entirely possible to attain an influential post independently, without the patronage of Bankova.
Even when the commission is, to say the least, imperfect (in the previous competition the commission chair Kateryna Koval arranged many things).
🔹 Citizens — we urge you to closely monitor the competition.
Our attention is the guarantee that the world will see the next “series” of operation “Midas” and similar cases. And the world will eventually learn who the “Vova” from the tapes is.
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