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The head of the National Bank of Ukraine, Andriy Pyschny, stated that he is not resigning and intends to continue performing his duties and has no plans to leave the position under political pressure.
As reported by Dilo, the regulator's leader wrote this on Facebook.
"I did not write or submit any letter of resignation. I will continue to perform my duties and have no intention of leaving the position under political pressure," Pyschny noted.
He explained that the law establishes a seven-year term for the head of the National Bank and defines exhaustive grounds for premature dismissal.
Pyschny reminded that in the last ten years he has already been the fourth head of the National Bank. In his view, this is a telling trend that makes one question how reliably the law-provided safeguards operate in Ukrainian political realities.
The head of the NBU stated that he respects Parliament's right to oversight, society's right to ask questions, and a public official's obligation to answer for his decisions. Pyschny asserts that he is ready for a substantive discussion about the results of his work.
"Sometime sooner or later any term of office ends, and when I make the relevant decision, the public will learn about it directly from me, with a report and proper comments," summed up the head of the National Bank.
Recall that a draft resolution on dismissing the head of the NBU appeared on the agenda of the Verkhovna Rada for the next week. The resolution has not been registered.
It should be noted that according to Article 18 of the Law of Ukraine "On the National Bank of Ukraine," the head of the NBU is dismissed from office by the Verkhovna Rada upon the president's submission.
Who will lead the NBU in place of Pyschny
The most plausible candidate to replace Pyschny, according to the Dilo interview, is his first deputy Serhiy Nikolaychuk. Among other possible candidates are also the names of Finance Minister Serhiy Marchenko and Vasyl Horbaly, a member of the NBU Council.
Meanwhile, Marchenko allegedly refused to head the National Bank.
Raids on Pyschny
20 In October, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office conducted searches at the head of the National Bank of Ukraine, Andriy Pyschny.
Details of the searches were not disclosed; NABU simply said that no one was detained and no suspicions were announced.
Pyschny himself stated that the NABU searches do not concern the work of the National Bank or his work.
NABU searches are connected with the KarpatNefteKhym plant and the nationalized Sense Bank, said in his Telegram channel by Yaroslav Zheleznyak, a People's Deputy from the Holos faction.
The head of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Finance, Tax and Customs Policy, Danilo Getmanets, has already reacted to this news. The deputy noted that he expects a statement from the head of the National Bank, Pyschny, about unprecedented pressure on the regulator from NABU.
"Otherwise it will turn out that all that Getmanets nearly a year has been saying about crimes committed by Pyschny, demanding his resignation, turned out to be true as always. And certainly, I consider the question of the corruptionist's resignation closed. To discredit the only strong financial institution and to disgrace oneself is something one must know how to do," Getmanets stated.
Earlier, the head of the Parliament's Committee on Finance, Tax and Customs Policy, after the NABU and SAP case involving the state-owned JSC Sense Bank, demanded Pyschny's resignation.
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