Change of investigation: why Yermak decided to “go to the front”

Andriy Yermak’s likely entry into the ranks of the Armed Forces may be related to an attempt to change the jurisdiction of potential cases from the National Anti-Corruption Bureau to the State Bureau of Investigation, which is considered more loyal to the government.

This version was voiced by Oleksandr Bryhynets, a People’s Deputy of Ukraine of the seventh and eighth convocations, on the air of “Pryamoy”.

“And if he is a military man, then the SBI will deal with him. And if the SBI deals with him, then it’s a completely different story, because the SBI, well, we know, is more loyal to Yermak and Bankova than the NABU,” Bryhynets noted.

In his opinion, the Armed Forces can become a mechanism for officials to “hide” from criminal prosecution. As an example, he cited the former head of the Luhansk Oblast, Serhiy Haiday, who, according to Bryhynets, also left the service after being accused of corruption.

The former MP also expressed doubt that Yermak would actually end up on the front lines, calling his statements about being sent to the front “theater.” In addition, he drew attention to a strange fact: Yermak informed an American journalist of his intentions from a phone that was apparently not seized during the NABU searches.

We will remind that on the morning of November 28, NABU detectives, together with SAPO prosecutors, conducted investigative actions in the government quarter , where the office of the head of the President’s Office, Andriy Yermak, is located. The official himself confirmed that his apartment was being searched .

It should be noted that Andriy Yermak appears in the “Mindich tapes” released by NABU as part of an investigation into corruption in the energy sector, under the code name “Ali Baba” .

Later it became known that Yermak had submitted a resignation from the post of head of the OP. At the same time, he announced that he was going to go to the front .

In addition, former Chief of Staff of the President Andriy Yermak stated that he will continue to consider President Volodymyr Zelenskyy his friend . He also confirmed his participation in peace talks with the United States to end Russia’s war against Ukraine.

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