President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced new steps to clean up and reboot the management of Ukraine’s energy sector and its related institutions. He outlined a series of personnel and legislative decisions the government must adopt in the coming period.
The head of state made the announcement in his address published on the official Presidential channel. Zelenskyy said he held an online meeting with Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko to discuss further measures in reforming the energy sector.
He instructed the Cabinet of Ministers to submit an urgent draft law to the Verkhovna Rada on renewing the composition of the National Energy and Utilities Regulatory Commission. The president also announced changes in the leadership of the State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate and the State Energy Supervision Inspectorate.
Zelenskyy directed the Prime Minister to submit a nomination to parliament for the head of the State Property Fund. He also emphasized the need, in coordination with law enforcement and anti-corruption bodies, to renew the Asset Recovery and Management Agency (ARMA) and complete the competition for its new head by the end of this year.
In addition, the government must conduct an audit of assets previously owned by Russian entities and collaborators who fled to Russia. Those assets must be prepared for sale and put to work fully in the interests of Ukraine — to strengthen national defense and support the state budget.