VAKS ordered the acting prosecutor general to open a case against Arakhamia

The High Anti-Corruption Court ordered the acting Prosecutor General Anton Kovalsky to enter into the Unified Register of Pre-Trial Investigations information about a possible crime by the head of the parliamentary faction “Servant of the People,” Davyd Arahamiya. This is reported by Glavkom citing the court’s decision.

Judge Markiyan Halabala granted the Civil Platform for Systemic Reform’s appeal regarding failure to enter information into the ERPDR in connection with a possible criminal offense by Arahamiya. It concerns part four of Article 368 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine – receiving improper benefit.

19 In October, the Center for Combating Corruption appealed to Kovalsky with a statement about possible involvement of the faction head in distributing cash to members of parliament in envelopes for needed votes in the parliament. However, the acting Prosecutor General did not register the information in the ERPDR and forwarded the complaint to the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine.

In the Office of the Prosecutor General, it was explained that the circumstances cited in the complaint are already being investigated by NABU within another criminal proceeding. At the same time, the Bureau noted that they cannot independently initiate an investigation into the deputy without prior entry of the relevant information into the ERPDR by the Attorney General or the acting head.

It was precisely this circumstance that the Civil Platform for Systemic Reform drew attention to when appealing the inaction of Kovalsky at the High Anti-Corruption Court. By law, registering information about a possible crime of a deputy is exclusively the task of the Attorney General or his acting successor.

The Center for Combating Corruption stated that without such registration it is impossible to investigate the possible involvement of Arahamiya himself in the alleged scheme of payments to deputies.

27 In December 2025 NABU announced suspicions against five current members of parliament. According to the investigation, they were part of an organized group that ensured deputies received improper benefits for votes.

Among the suspects is Yuriy Kisiel, deputy head of the Servant of the People faction. In the court’s rulings, the organized group was led by an unidentified deputy from the faction leadership. According to the materials, at the end of 2025 year this person received $85 thousand hryvnias, which were to be handed to other MPs.

At the same time, the NABU decision on the Civil Platform for Systemic Reform’s appeal concerns the duty to register information about a possible crime. It does not determine Davyd Arahamiya’s guilt.