The possibility of submitting documents for the contest for the post of the new head of the Bureau of Economic Security of Ukraine (BES) has been closed, the head of the parliamentary committee on finance, tax and customs policy, Danylo Hetmantsev, has said.
“I do not see the whole list of applicants, but I know that there are worthy among them. I am very glad that veterans and military men applied. People who sacrificed their lives for the country will be able to defend its interests in the rear,” Getmantsev noted in his telegram channel on Saturday.
As his first deputy Yaroslav Zheleznyak added, more than 40 applications were submitted for the contest, but the final results will be made public on Monday, January 27.
According to him, the next steps will be to check the compliance of submitted documents and six stages of the competition, including: testing of general skills, testing for knowledge of legislation, practical tasks, assessment of personal competencies, testing for integrity, as well as the final interview.
Up to 60 candidates with the highest scores will be admitted to the stage of general skills testing, while fewer applicants – up to 40 – will be able to pass practical tasks. Up to 20 candidates with the highest scores will be admitted to the final interview.
“Compare this approach in our law, to the profanation of how the OP usually in a couple of hours appoints their loyalists to positions they learn about from the news,” – summarized Zheleznyak.
As reported, on October 4, the Cabinet of Ministers approved the composition of the commission on the competition for the position of Director of the BEB, which included: Deputy Chief Academic Secretary – Head of the Department of Strategic Development of the National Academy of Legal Sciences Oleg Hilyaka, Professor of the Department of Financial and Tax Law of the State Tax University Tatyana Matzelik, Head of the Department of Criminal Law of the National Law University named after Yaroslav the Wise Yuri Ponomarenko.
In addition, the commission on proposals from international and foreign organizations included: founder and executive director of the Foundation for Integrity and Asylum, founder and executive director/senior consultant of The Wasserstrorri Group James Wasserstrom, head of the Lithuanian Police Liaison Office at the European Police Force, corruption prevention expert of the EU4IBMResilience project, Donatas Malaskevicius, founder and executive director of the Expert Forum (EFOR), an international expert on the prevention of corruption in Ukraine.
This competition is held within the framework of the Law No. 10439 adopted by the Rada on June 29, 2024 on the reset of the Office, which provides for a competitive selection of the new director with the participation of experts delegated by international partners, as well as certification of the Office’s employees within one year after the appointment of the new director.
