Political scientist criticizes the idea of creating an expert institution under the NABU - it will increase chaos in public administration

Political analyst Ruslan Bortnik believes that the creation of an expert institution under the NABU will lead to even more chaos in public administration. He stated this to UNN, commenting on the corresponding idea of the Bureau's director Semen Kryvonos.

According to him, the new structure will duplicate the functions of existing law enforcement agencies without demonstrating proper efficiency, which will only complicate the system.

"As for the expert institution, it seems to me that we have gone too far here... Relatively recently, the NABU demanded a separate right to wiretap, which was previously provided by the SBU. Even earlier, they said that their cases were stuck in the courts and a special judicial vertical was needed, and we created it. Even earlier, they said that they needed their own law enforcement agencies to detain and escort arrested persons, and we have created them. In other words, we have already created a system that completely duplicates the functions of other law enforcement agencies. And this system is still not effective enough," he said.

He emphasized that instead of improving the effectiveness of the existing law enforcement system, they are currently trying to create a parallel vertical whose accountability to Ukrainian society will be questioned.

"We are creating an additional tool for chaos in public administration," the political scientist said.

Context

NABU Director Semen Kryvonos continues to insist on the creation of an expert institution at the bureau.

This idea was criticized in the society. Critics of the creation of a new expert institution at the NABU point out that international experts have previously expressed doubts about the objectivity of examinations conducted within the NABU.

In addition, NABU detectives are often caught "painting" forensic examinations they need. In particular, they order them from their friends, and the NACP turns a blind eye. And they "leak" expert opinions they don't need and try to annul them, as was the case in the case of former Minister of Agrarian Policy Mykola Solskyi.

In general, the "drawing" of examinations by detectives often leads to acquittals by the HACC. This was the case with the case of ex-minister Volodymyr Omelian, who was acquitted, and the repeatedly closed Rotterdam+ case. According to lawyer Iryna Odynets, the NABU lost in court because during the investigation, detectives in these cases "drew" forensic examinations in friendly private offices, and then unsuccessfully tried to confirm their accusations. Volodymyr Omelyan himself also noted that detectives engaged "dubious experts" during the investigation of the case against him.

Given the repeated facts of such manipulations, the idea of NABU head Semen Kryvonos to create his own expert institution for the bureau looks extremely alarming. In this case, there may be many more "painted" examinations, and thus NABU investigations may turn into biased persecutions similar to the mass political terror of the Soviet NKVD.