The facts of disability of ordinary employees in the law enforcement agencies are currently being checked. Those who received such a disability during the war will undergo a second medical examination by the Military Qualification Commission and the Medical Expert Commission. This was stated by Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko during an hour of questions to the government in the Verkhovna Rada, an UNN correspondent reports.
As for the National Police officers, I want to tell you that there is not a single National Police officer in uniform with a disability. I am telling you this responsibly. And this is all nonsense if we are accused of this. We have checked this in detail. All the facts regarding the granting of disability to ordinary employees in the security forces are being checked. And those who received such a disability during the war will all undergo a second medical examination and, accordingly, the MSEC
He also noted that an inspection of the Pension Funds is underway, where units that can also apply for disability are transferred.
"After the meeting of the National Security and Defense Council, the Security Service of Ukraine, the National Police, and the State Bureau of Investigation began to verify the facts that we have already established, the criminal proceedings, some of which have been sent to court against both the MEC employees and officials, and against the employees of the MSEC. We are now checking the Pension Funds, where our units have been transferred, which can also apply for disability," Klymenko said.
Addendum
Deputy Head of the Prosecutor General's Office Iryna Vereshchuk said that officials should be immediately checked for false disability diagnoses. The government has one month to amend the legislation on the MSEC.