As the result of the inspections conducted by the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine, Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk calls on the Head of the State Fiscal Service of Ukraine to immediately implement the law on lustration, and thus dismiss 42% of the SFS’s central apparatus as well as 15% of the apparatus of the regional branches. The Head of Government said this at a governmental meeting on Wednesday, 21 October.

Arseniy Yatsenyuk reminded that two weeks ago he ordered the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine and special lustration department to check the State Fiscal Service in terms of implementation of the lustration law.

He informed that the Justice Ministry had examined 344 personal files of the State Fiscal Service’s senior management - the central office as well as all the service’s regional branches, including heads and deputy heads, and relevant heads of customs.

"As the result of the checks carried out by the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine, 42% of the senior management of the SFS’s central apparatus fall under immediate dismissal.