The commission for the competition for the position of BEB director announced the completion of its work
The commission for conducting the competition for the post of director of the Bureau of Economic Security (BEB) has completed its work. This decision was supported by both Ukrainian and international members of the commission. The documents will be forwarded to the government in order to avoid technical difficulties. About this reported head of the commission, Laura Stefan.
“The commission has exhausted its powers and can do nothing more. It is impossible to review the decision, all checks, in particular the special check of the candidates, have passed. We see absolutely no authority to review anything. The commission has completed its work at this stage. Therefore, we will return the documents to the Cabinet so that there are no technical problems.” Laura Stefan stated.
All members of the commission agreed with the announced decision. During the meeting, it also became known that Oleksandr Tsyvinskyi, who won the competition, but whose candidacy was not approved by the government, requested a letter from the SBU, but was refused. The commission explained that the document has a “restricted access” stamp and recommended contacting the Security Service of Ukraine directly.
The secretary of the commission, Viktor Kylymar, noted that the documents will be handed over to the government in the near future. According to him, since Laura Stefan is currently outside the country, the signing of the act of return may take a little longer. The press service of the Cabinet of Ministers refused to comment on this matter.
Oleksandr Tsyvinskyi, who was announced as the winner of the competition for the head of the BEB on June 24, said that he would comment on the government’s position after receiving full information about the reasons for the refusal. At the same time, he spoke about the situation with his father, who was linked in the media with possible Russian citizenship.
“My father, even if he is a citizen of the Russian Federation at the moment, which is not confirmed, has been living in Ukraine for the last 30 years. I have not communicated with him at all for 10 years, I was raised by my stepfather, so the security concerns, especially after I served in the ATO in 2014 and a year from the start of the full-scale operation in 2022, are ridiculous,” Tsyvinskyi explained.
We will remind, on June 24, at the meeting of the commission, a letter from the SBU with a “restricted access” seal was discussed. As commission member Yuriy Ponomarenko reported, on June 8, the commission addressed the SBU with an official request regarding the possible Russian citizenship of certain candidates for the position of head of the Security Service.
“Now we know officially, I emphasize, that three candidates, as we still knew this information unofficially, three candidates have family ties with citizens of the Russian Federation”, Ponomarenko stressed.
He specified that one of such candidates is Oleksandr Tsyvinskyi. Ponomarenko also emphasized that the law prohibits the disclosure of personal data, such as names, dates of birth, passport data or addresses, but believes that the general content of the SBU letter can be made public.
