The Cabinet of Ministers at a meeting on Wednesday voted in favor of a resolution on the establishment of the Bureau of Economic Security. According to the draft resolution, the new body is created as a body of central executive authority.
As the correspondent of Interfax-Ukraine reports, the government adopted the relevant document with a one-day revision.
“This is one of the final steps towards liquidation of the tax police,” Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said.
As reported, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky on March 22 signed law on the Bureau of Economic Security of Ukraine No. 1150-IX, which the Verkhovna Rada adopted on January 28, 2021. According to the government’s priority action plan, the Bureau should start working in September 2021.