The Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine has stopped the public procurement body armor security forces are taking part in special operations in the East of the country, the speaker of the Parliament Oleksandr Turchynov demands to deprive of freedom of bureaucrats, who took such a decision.

As said by the head of the defense Ministry of Ukraine Mykhaylo Koval in the Ukrainian Parliament on the last working day of the week, the Ministry of defence of Ukraine has opened a tender for the purchase of 28 thousand armor for army, but after purchasing a part of the armor solution of non-stop functioning of the administrative boards of the Antimonopoly Department of Ukraine purchase procedure was suspended.

" We ordered 28 thousand armor for military power of Ukraine, At the moment I received the data about the fact that by the decision of non-stop functioning of the administrative boards of the Antimonopoly Department of Ukraine on complaints about violations of the law in the sphere of public procurement of 18 June of the current year? 646 due to complaints society " AMMOS " suspended the procurement procedure. The complaint was appointed on 26 June, " the Minister said.

According to the Minister, this Company was involved in negotiations for the purchase of vests, however, offered an excessively high price, one armor cost 17, 7 thousand hryvnia (about $ 1,400).

According to Koval, in the beginning of the special operation in the East of Ukraine adopted the Ukrainian army was 1213 vests. At this point in time after purchasing, the number is 14 000 units. Koval said the vests were bought from the Ukrainian manufacturer and meet all modern requirements, the cost of one bullet is 4 000 UAH (about $ 300).

for his part, speaker of the Ukrainian Parliament Oleksandr Turchynov during the performance Koval tried to convince immediately imprison bureaucrats Antimonopoly Department involved in blocking the purchase of armor." I ask the Prosecutor General today to check! Right now imprisoned in the Antimonopoly Committee, who in these conditions cancels a conclusion on the purchase of vests ", - noted he.

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