The government has decided to suspend Herman Halushchenko from his duties as Minister of Justice.
This was announced by Prime Minister Yuliia Svyrydenko on Telegram.
She stated: “This morning, we held an extraordinary meeting of the government and decided to suspend Herman Halushchenko from performing his duties as Minister of Justice.”
Svyrydenko noted that the Cabinet of Ministers has assigned Liudmyla Suhak, Deputy Minister of Justice for European Integration, to temporarily perform the minister’s duties.
On November 10, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) announced a special operation exposing corruption in the energy sector. The investigation found that members of a criminal organization had built a large-scale scheme to influence strategic state-owned enterprises, including Energoatom, the national nuclear energy company.
A law enforcement source told journalists that NABU officers conducted searches at the home of businessman and co-owner of the “Kvartal 95” studio Tymur Mindich, as well as at the residence of Herman Halushchenko, who previously served as Minister of Energy.
On November 11, as part of the investigation into corruption in the energy sector, law enforcement officers detained five individuals and served notices of suspicion to seven persons, including a businessman identified as the head of the criminal organization, a former adviser to the Minister of Energy, the Executive Director for Physical Protection and Security at Energoatom, and four employees involved in money-laundering operations.
