Rada committee supports Kubrakov’s dismissal
9 May 2024 10:22
Today, the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Transport and Infrastructure supported the dismissal of Oleksandr Kubrakov from the post of Deputy Prime Minister for the Restoration of Ukraine – Minister of Community Development, Territories and Infrastructure. This was announced by MP Yaroslav Zheleznyak, "Komersant Ukrainian" reports
“The Verkhovna Rada Committee on Transport supported the dismissal of Oleksandr Kubrakov from the post of Vice Prime Minister for the Reconstruction of Ukraine – Minister of Communities, Territories and Infrastructure of Ukraine,”
– the statement reads.
The MP noted that after that, the draft resolution on Kubrakov’s dismissal would be submitted to the parliamentary session hall. Voting in the hall will also take place today, 9 May.
Earlier it became known that a draft resolution on Kubrakov’s dismissal had been registered in the Rada . The goal is to create a separate Ministry of Communities, Territories and Housing and Communal Services.
Earlier, Kommersant Ukrainian wrote that a decision had been made at the highest political level to dismiss Oleksandr Kubrakov, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Community Development, Territories and Infrastructure of Ukraine, and Mustafa-Masi Nayem, Head of the State Agency for the Restoration and Development of Infrastructure of Ukraine.
The dismissal of the two officials was discussed on the sidelines earlier, but the final decision to dismiss them was made in connection with the situation with the construction of inadequate protection at some important critical infrastructure facilities.
Resignations in the Cabinet of Ministers
As reported, the Cabinet of Ministers and other government agencies are to be reshuffled. Thus, personnel changes may take place in the government, the SBU, and the Prosecutor General’s Office. The number of ministers who may lose their positions has increased. According to Kommersant Ukrainsky, the Rada may dismiss 3 ministers this week.
In particular, the following ministers may resign: Deputy Prime Minister for Reconstruction Oleksandr Kubrakov, Deputy Prime Minister for Reintegration Iryna Vereshchuk, Minister of Education and Science Oksen Lisovyi, Minister of Justice Denys Malyuska, and Minister of Agrarian Policy Mykola Solskyi.
Some media outlets reported that Deputy Prime Minister for Reintegration Iryna Vereshchuk was allegedly to be dismissed and appointed head of the Ternopil Regional Military Administration. She stated that the information was untrue.
