The Verkhovna Rada supported the resignation of Minister of Agricultural Policy Solskyi
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- Alona Kokhanchuk
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12:04, 09 May, 2024
Mykola Solskyi in the Verkhovna Rada. Photo: TelegramThe Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine supported the resignation of the Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine Mykola Solskyi.
The relevant decision was supported by 273 people's deputies, People's Deputy Yaroslav Zhelezniak reports.
Before the vote, Mykola Solsky reported on his work.
We regret that the Committee on Agrarian Policy of the Verkhovna Rada did not support Solskyi's resignation, but offered to decide on this issue in the hall. As a result, 273 people's deputies voted «for» the dismissal of Mykola Solskyi.
Voting for the resignation of Solsky in the Council. Photo: TelegramAs a reminder, Mykola Solskyi will hold the post of Minister of Agricultural Policy from March 2022. On April 23, NABU announced that the law enforcement officers exposed the current minister for taking over state land worth 291 million hryvnias and attempting to take over land for another 190 million hryvnias.
Mykola Solskyi, commenting on the suspicion handed to him, noted that the events relate to the period of 2017-2018, when he was a lawyer and was neither the Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food, nor the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Agrarian and Land Policy.
According to him, the seven-year-old circumstances relate to a dispute between state-owned enterprises and individuals, in particular ATO soldiers, over land that was given to the latter in possession in accordance with the law.
He stated that disputes are resolved by the courts, including the Supreme Court, and that, as far as he knows, a number of decisions currently state that state-owned enterprises do not have the right to land, which is probably what NABU is referring to.
After that, the High Anti-Corruption Court chose a preventive measure for him in the form of arrest with an alternative bail of 75.7 million hryvnias. On the same day, a bail of more than 75 million hryvnias was made for Mykola Solskyi.
In addition, on May 9, the higher anti-corruption court took into custody the current deputy minister Mykola Solskyi, who, together with other persons, is suspected of taking over land in the Sumy region.