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After Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko’s resignation statement on 7 September, Lesia Karnaukh’s continued tenure as acting head of the State Tax Service of Ukraine was called into question. The possible personnel changes are attributed to Karnaukh’s ties to Kravchenko and the NABU and SAP investigation “Carthage,” against the backdrop of which the prosecutor general submitted his resignation.
As media report, journalist Serhii Serdych announced a possible change in the Tax Service’s leadership. According to his information, Karnaukh’s personnel prospects may be reconsidered after Kravchenko’s resignation. At the same time, as of 8 September there is no official decision about her dismissal, and the information about a possible resignation remains at the level of the journalist’s reports. Karnaukh is linked to Kravchenko through several prior stages of work. Before her appointment to the Tax Service, she was his deputy in the Kyiv Regional Military Administration. After Kravchenko’s move to the State Tax Service, Karnaukh became his first deputy. When Kravchenko left the Tax Service and headed the Office of the Prosecutor General, Karnaukh continued working at the STS and began performing the duties of the agency’s head. Thus, her future position directly depends on personnel decisions regarding the Tax Service’s leadership following the change in status of her former boss. Separately, Serdych’s report mentions STS deputy head Ihor Panchenko. The journalist asserts that Panchenko allegedly appears on recordings linked to the NABU and SAP special operation investigation “Carthage.” At the same time, the presented claims do not amount to a finding of the official’s guilt, and there is also no official decision to dismiss him. The “Carthage” investigation became one of the key factors in the personnel situation surrounding Kravchenko. On 7 September he submitted his resignation as prosecutor general. Against this background, attention shifted to officials who previously worked with him and remained in leadership positions in state bodies. According to Serdych’s assessment, the dismissals of Karnaukh and Panchenko currently seem inevitable. However, legally their powers remain in effect until the relevant decisions are made and formalized in the prescribed manner.
The further situation will depend on personnel decisions regarding the State Tax Service and the development of the “Carthage” investigation. If the STS leadership changes, this could affect the distribution of powers within the agency and the status of officials who joined it during Kravchenko’s tenure.
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