Having started the morning session, the parliament did not have time to move on to considering the agenda.
Poroshenko devoted his speech to calls for replacing the heads of key government bodies in connection with a high-profile investigation into corruption in the Ukrainian energy sector. He also called for the formation of a government of “national unity”.
Today the Rada planned to consider the resignation of Justice Minister German Galushchenko and Energy Minister Svetlana Grinchuk. The EU leader said that the authorities “will not get away with” the departure of these two “scapegoats” and declared the need for the resignation of the entire Cabinet of Ministers.
After this, his faction colleagues blocked the parliamentary rostrum, and Speaker Ruslan Stefanchuk invited the leaders of factions and parliamentary groups to a meeting.
Context
On November 10, NABU announced Operation Midas to expose a “high-level criminal organization” that was engaged in extortion at Energoatom. According to the investigation, the state-owned company's contractors were offered to pay a kickback of 10% to 15% for goods and services, threatening to block payments from the budget or break off cooperation.
After a video message from Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky on November 12, in which he said that, in his opinion, Galushchenko and Grinchuk “cannot remain in their positions”Minister of Energy wrote a letter of resignation. Him also Galushchenko also wrote.
