The moratorium on searches of businesses and blocking their work has shown that law enforcement and entrepreneurs can interact normally, but when it expired, complaints about pressure on companies by law enforcement increased. This was reported in an exclusive commentary to UNN by Serhiy Pozniak, chairman of the board of the NGO Manifesto42, chairman of the Association of Veteran Entrepreneurs.
When the moratorium was introduced, law enforcement officers overwhelmingly complied with it, except for a few isolated cases. This showed that the law was working, that law enforcement officers could work with business and truly protect the rule of law. But when the moratorium expired, unfortunately, everything returned
In addition, he noted that after the moratorium ended, there were more complaints about pressure on business by security forces.
According to Pozniak, there have already been cases of security forces putting pressure on veteran businesses. Although these cases are still rare, they already exist.
"This was to be expected, because our legislation allows us to do this, because it does not regulate the activities of entrepreneurs who went to war. Secondly, we have a lot of entrepreneurs - this is the largest category among the military personnel who are currently at war. Therefore, it is clear that if many entrepreneurs are at war, they will also be affected," he said.
Context
At the end of January, members of the government's economic bloc and the Verkhovna Rada leadership held a closed meeting with businessmen. The topic of the meeting was the pressure of law enforcement agencies on business against the backdrop of the arrest of businessman Igor Mazepa and searches of the investment company Concorde Capital.
After that, on January 23, a three-month moratorium was imposed on procedural actions that could lead to the blocking of businesses. This ban has long since expired, but members of the Manifesto42 movement have called for an extension of the so-called moratorium on "mask shows.
Recently, a new high-profile scandal has shaken the business community. The Gulliver shopping and entertainment complex and business center, owned by Ukrainian businessman Viktor Polishchuk, is being transferred to the ARMA. According to representatives of Gulliver, this decision grossly violates procedural and substantive law and actually means a business takeover with the assistance of law enforcement and security agencies.