Chief of Ukraine`s National Police Khatia Dekanoidze has resigned, the Obozrevatel media outlet reported, citing sources.
Dekanoidze was appointed to the post on November 4, 2015. Prior to that, she was advisor to Interior Minister Arsen Avakov.
According to the report, her deputy Vadym Troyan has been appointed Acting Chief of the National Police.
In Georgia, Dekanoidze served as principal of the Police Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs from 2007 to 2012. From July to October 2012, she was Minister of Education and Science of Georgia.
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Chief of Odesa Customs Yulia Marushevska, a member of former Odesa regional governor Mikheil Saakashvili`s team, has announced her decision to resign, according to an UNIAN correspondent.
The letter of resignation was written today, November 14, she said at a briefing.
According to Marushevska, customs reform is impossible due to circumstances.
”The government has no political will to reform the customs. There is no reforming vision in Kyiv as well,” she said, adding that reform is blocked at all levels, including by the senior officials of the State Fiscal Service of Ukraine.
She argues that the leadership has wrongly accused the customs ”of shortfalls in budget payments.”
”They have forgotten that we were able to transfer more than UAH 170 million for road repairs from the above-plan revenue and our average daily income increased – excluding energy customs,” Marushevska said.
In addition to the transfer of funds, in 2016 the Odesa customs reduced the customs clearance of cargo up to one hour for low-risk companies (in 2015 this figure was 4 hours 40 minutes). International transit passes clearance within 10-12 minutes, instead of 35, she said.
”As of May this year, more than 90% of freight is registered at prices stipulated in contracts. Thanks to the memorandum with the police, we have significantly reduced the number of unnecessary inspections. Thanks to these results, 650 new companies have started customs clearance at the Odesa customs this year,” Marushevska added.
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