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Scandals around "Khimprom" and call centers indicate a systemic crisis that cannot be overcome by merely dismissing law enforcement officers. The political scientist noted that without deep reforms in law enforcement agencies, there will only be a change of scheme overseers.
Political scientist Ihor Chalenko said this on the 24 Channel broadcast.
The system of mutual protection and pressure on transparency
According to him, the narcotics syndicate scheme has existed in Ukraine since the end of 2013 and continued to operate both during Petro Poroshenko's time and throughout Volodymyr Zelenskyy's five years of presidency. The main reason lies in the fact that the law enforcement vertical itself has remained virtually unchanged.
Chalenko emphasized that the country's top leadership often receives distorted information due to mutual protection within agencies.
"We do not know which reports are being placed on the president's desk. The system is accustomed to reporting apparent successes for the sake of epaulettes and career advancement,"
the political scientist said.
He added that this does not absolve the head of state of responsibility. In addition, during the investigation of Operation "Carthage" there were recorded attempts to limit journalists' access to court hearings, which directly harms the reputation of the anti-corruption vertical. In this case, the defendants were assigned 60 days of detention with the possibility of bail set at 65 million hryvnias.
Ihor Chalenko on the corrupt system in law enforcement: video
The threat of changing overseers instead of dismantling the scheme
According to the expert, the huge cash flows of the shadow economy create a serious risk of a banal redistribution of streams instead of the real cessation of criminal activity. Overcoming this archaic and entrenched structure is the main challenge for the country's entire law enforcement sphere.
Earlier, Vitaliy Shabunin, head of the Anti-Corruption Center, also noted that overcoming crime within the law enforcement system will be aided not by targeted personnel changes but by open competitions for leadership positions.
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