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Member of Petro Poroshenko Bloc challenged contest for heads of tax and customs services
People’s Deputy Andriy Antonyshchak (Petro Poroshenko Bloc) appealed to the Kyiv District Court requesting to stop the contest to select the heads of the State Tax Service and the State Customs Service.
He said this during a meeting of the commission of the National Agency for Civil Service Affairs (NACS), which is reviewing the results of the second stage of this contest. "Among the candidates for the head of the tax service is Deputy Minister of Finance Serhiy Verlanov, who does not have sufficient experience in public service: he has worked only 10 months, although three years are required," he said. The deputy also noted that he has a complaint about Deputy Minister of Economy Maksym Nefyodov, who is applying for a position at the customs service despite having no experience in this field. "I went to court asking to block the contest until the case is considered on the merits," Antonyshchak specified. The NACS commission did not stop the contest at the deputy’s request. As the agency head, Kostiantyn Vashchenko, explained, the Law "On Civil Service" requires candidates for positions at this level to have 7 years of work experience in business or public structures (at least 5 of them in managerial positions) or three years in public service. For the second stage of the contest for the heads of the tax and customs services, 5 and 6 candidates were admitted, respectively. All successfully passed the test on knowledge of legislation; they are now solving situational tasks, after which the list of those admitted to the final stage — the interview on 23 April — will be determined. Winners will be chosen based on the interview results.
Earlier, former head of the State Fiscal Service Roman Nasirov asked the Kyiv District Administrative Court to declare unlawful and cancel the government’s contest for the positions of chairmen of the State Tax Service and State Customs Service, but the court denied him.
The Cabinet announced a contest for the heads of the tax and customs services. 11 candidates passed the first stage of the contest for the positions of heads of the State Tax Service and State Customs Service. They will face test tasks on knowledge of legislation and situational solutions, as well as an interview with a series of questions and answers.
Ukrainian and foreign experts and business representatives will be allowed to participate in the process of checking and evaluating the works to ensure impartiality in selecting candidates. The contest results will be announced on 23 April.
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