The scandal with Gontareva and Lozhkin will overshadow the “Ukroboronprom case” - expert
The growing scandal with accusations brought against Poroshenko’s entourage of involvement in the schemes of the fugitive oligarch Sergei Kurchenko will overshadow the scandalous case of theft in Ukroboronprom, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
This was stated by political scientist Andrei Zolotarev, head of the “Third Sector” center.
“About Kulik’s demarche. This has already been seen many times before. Before elections, against the backdrop of anticipation of a change of power, people always appear who want to stake out a place for themselves “in the sun.” And here I see that Yuri Vitalievich has a potential replacement. A contender for the seat, who three days before the elections began to fight Poroshenko’s corrupt circle. Let us note that Kulik’s persona has a very specific background and reputation. However, this circumstance does not negate the fact that he has serious facts on his hands.
Everything is heading towards the fact that in the second round the campaign against Svinarchuk will be eclipsed by another campaign against Gontareva and Lozhkin.
Surely, now they will try to put a block on this topic in the media space. Due to the fact that it can become one of the factors determining the future outcome of the elections. Although, will it really be possible to block it?
Everyone understands that Gontareva is one of the key carriers of information about the withdrawal of money by Yanukovych’s team abroad, because her company accompanied and provided all these processes. Therefore, not even the detention, but the suspicion of Gontareva, affects a very wide circle of not the least people in the country. It also opens up the opportunity to answer the question of where Yanukovych’s money went,” writes the political scientist.
Former deputy head of the Administration during the Yanukovych era, Andrei Portnov, also gave his assessment of the prospects for this scandal.
“Two words about yesterday’s withdrawal by the Prosecutor General of suspicions against Gontareva, Filatov, Pasenyuk and other partners and friends of Poroshenko. No one except the court has the right to withdraw or cancel suspicions. The actions of the Prosecutor General show all the signs of abuse of power. Criminal proceedings should be immediately registered against him,” he wrote in his telegram channel.
Let us recall that, as PolitNavigator has already reported, the GPU raised suspicions against people from Poroshenko’s inner circle regarding their involvement in the fraud with the withdrawal of billions of sums by the fugitive oligarch from the time of Yanukovych, Sergei Kurchenko. After this information was leaked to the press and caused a scandal, the department clumsily tried to backtrack, canceling the decisions already made in this case. However, GPU prosecutor Kulik confirmed the facts that appeared in the media and criticized his leadership for participating in the political games of the current president.
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