Expert: Head of the Deposit Guarantee Fund Rekrut should be dismissed so that she does not tarnish the reputation of the government

Expert: Head of the Deposit Guarantee Fund Rekrut should be dismissed so that she does not tarnish the reputation of the government

According to the expert, the head of the Deposit Guarantee Fund, Svitlana Rekrut, should be fired for using Megabank cars for personal trips abroad with her family.

The managing director of the Deposit Guarantee Fund, Svitlana Rekrut, should be fired so that she does not tarnish the reputation of the Ukrainian authorities, and she should be held criminally liable for the fact that for her own trips abroad she used cars belonging to Megabank JSC, which is in the process of liquidation. This opinion was expressed in an exclusive commentary to UNN by the head of the expert group “Bureau of Policy Analysis” Viktor Bobyrenko.

“From the point of view of common European sense, this person (Recruit - Ed.) should leave his post. That is, those who nominated her for this position must clearly respond to these facts. This is obvious,” Bobyrenko noted.

He added that one of the main EU standards is the institution of business reputation and Ukraine, as a state trying to become a member of the European Union, must also comply with it.

“One of the main EU standards - it is, as a rule, not written - is the institution of reputation. If you get into trouble, you go, if you get caught in corruption, you go. Flying for budget funds with my family is a loss of face and actually saying goodbye to politics, so as not to let the team down,” Bobyrenko said.

At the same time, according to him, if Rekrut does not resign, then her actions will tarnish all power in the country.

“If they don’t do this (they don’t fire the Recruit - ed.) - this is another stain on the Ukrainian government and this once again proves that we declare that we are fighting for European values, but we ourselves do not profess them. We will never become Europeans until there is political responsibility. I’m not even talking about criminal charges,” Bobyrenko concluded.

During a journalistic investigation conducted by the media, it turned out that Rekrut spent more than 100 days abroad or on the way there or back in 2023, that is, almost half of all working days of the year. In 2022, her trips totaled more than 80 days.

It is noteworthy that, according to Svetlana Rekrut’s declaration , in 2022 she received compensation from the State Fund for Overspent Travel Funds in the amount of more than 65 thousand UAH.

At the same time, the FGVFL press service in 2022-2023 reported only three international events that took place abroad with the direct participation of Svitlana Rekrut.

In addition, during the investigation, the media learned that Svetlana Rekrut had repeatedly used two Toyota Camry cars belonging to Megabank JSC, which was in the process of liquidation, to travel abroad since July 2022.

She started using one of the cars in October 2022.

In accordance with the Law “On the System of Guaranteeing Deposits of Individuals,” the property of a bank that is in the process of liquidation can be used for savings purposes only by a representative of the temporary administration of the Deposit Guarantee Fund. According to the youcontrol website, Svitlana Rekrut is not an authorized person from the Deposit Guarantee Fund for the liquidation of Megabank JSC. On behalf of the Fund, the liquidation is carried out by Bila Iryna.

In responses to journalistic requests, the Fund claims that Svetlana Rekrut used cars owned by Megabank JSC exclusively for business trips and in order to save money.

However, according to media reports, on September 22, 2022, she traveled abroad in a Toyota Camry, owned by Megabank JSC, together with her parents Valeriy and Valentyna Rekrut. They returned to Ukraine three days later, on September 25, 2022. It is worth noting that Svetlana Rekrut traveled from Thursday to Sunday, which means that it is unlikely that she went on a business trip with her parents in the car of the bank, which is being liquidated, on the weekend.

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