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The State Fiscal Service was picketed by anti-corruption activists at the customs service.
Participants in the action spoke out against the nontransparent competition for the position of head of Kyiv city customs, as a result of which it could be headed by the suspect in corruption, the head of the Stolichny customs post, Sergei Tupalsky.
“No to corruption at the customs! No to manipulations with positions in the FCS!” Under these slogans today, 30 March, under the building of the State Fiscal Service, rally participants gathered. They demanded not to allow to the competition for filling positions in the FCS persons who have not passed a thorough anti-corruption check. According to the protesters, Sergei Tupalsky, a figure in several high-profile anti-corruption investigations, intends to head Kyiv city customs in the near future.
In particular, he is accused of work at the Svytoshyn and later Stolichny customs posts of the customs broker company Triumph-SV, created by the Tupalsky family. This company is accused of manipulations during the clearance of imported goods, which caused millions in losses to the state budget.
Participants of the rally expressed dissatisfaction with the lack of reaction from law enforcement and anti-corruption bodies to the exposure of Tupalsky’s illegal activities, so when they learned about this person’s intention to participate in the competition for the post of head of Kyiv customs, they decided to picket the FCS building. “Unfortunately, our vaunted anti-corruptionists in high offices do not pay attention to the glaring facts of corruption revealed in the press and on television. And then people like Tupalsky try to slip into posts to spread their ‘gray’ schemes across the entire Kyiv customs,” the protesters said in the resolution text.
In their view, real fight against corruption in the FCS system is not only about the head of the service, Roman Nasirov, but also about cleansing the ranks of dishonest officials throughout the vertical. “We came to draw the attention of state authorities, all society to the attempt to place Mr. Tupalsky in the chair of head of Kyiv customs through a nontransparent competition. How many more Tupalskys are being dragged into positions! Therefore we demand: to start an investigation into this person; to report on the progress of the investigation publicly; for all applicants for positions in the FCS to introduce mandatory additional verification of their wealth and its compliance with declared earnings, and to involve the public in discussions of candidates for positions,” the anti-corruption rally resolution states.
Reminder: Member of Parliament Ihor Artushenko has addressed the National Anti-Corruption Bureau to conduct a probe of Sergei Tupalsky. In particular, the deputy asks the NABU to provide answers to questions: whether the previously published information about the Triumph-SV company is accurate, whether this company is planned to be checked for signs of fictitious entrepreneurship, tax and fee evasion, and possible official forgery.
eizvestia.com
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