The Committee of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on prevention and counteraction to bribery on Wednesday initiated the procedure for the resignation of the head of the Ministry of internal Affairs of the country Arsen Avakov, said a member of the Department Yuriy Derevyanko.

"Today, the discussion of the work of holding a high position officials of the Ministry of internal Affairs and unsatisfactory evaluation activities of the Ministry at the meeting of the division for prevention and combating bribery we started the procedure for the resignation of interior Minister Arsen Avakov ", -

He also published a scanned copy of the draft resolution on the dismissal of Avakov, signed by the members of the Department. Legally members of the Cabinet of Ministers are appointed and dismissed by the Verkhovna Rada.

for its part the people's choice, the largest in the Ukrainian Parliament faction " Block Petro Poroshenko Sergey Leshchenko explained that one of the reasons Avakov's resignation from the post of head of the Ministry of internal Affairs - the scandal involving his Deputy Sergey Cebotari. According to Ukrainian media, during the filming of the plot near the house Cebotari to a group of reporters was attacked. According to employees of the TV channel, it was the son in law of the Deputy Minister of internal Affairs Oleg Polishchuk and his business partner Sergey Gavrilko. In fact the attacks on correspondents filed two criminal cases. However, in the past 2 weeks, the police did not find the attackers, and Chebotar has not been suspended and dismissed from office.

According to Leshchenko, among MPs who have signed a draft decree about the dismissal Avakov, not only members of the faction " Self-help ", but also people's deputies from the " Popular front ", the quota that was assigned Avakov.

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