12:34 29.09.2017

No pressure on Naftogaz's supervisory board by president, government – MP Kononenko

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No pressure on Naftogaz's supervisory board by president, government – MP Kononenko

There was no any pressure on the supervisory board of national joint-stock company Naftogaz Ukrainy by the president and government, First Deputy Head of the Petro Poroshenko Block parliamentary faction and member of the parliamentary committee for the fuel and energy sectors Ihor Kononenko has said.

"Having information from the supervisory board I can say that the board worked independently. There was no any pressure neither from the Presidential Administration nor the Cabinet of Ministers," he said in an exclusive interview with Interfax-Ukraine.

Kononenko said that one of the supervisory board members left his post, as he received a proposal to work in another country on better conditions.

"This was the financial reason. He was offered a twice larger salary," he said.

He said that the requirements of the law on e-declaration pushed two other members of the supervisory board to resign.

"As for foreigners, there were illogical things restricting the attraction of skilled experts to our country. Let's say for example that they are to declare assets in third countries. If they have assets in Ukraine, there could be a conflict of interests. If a person is a member of the supervisory board in Ukraine, and he has assets in Argentina, what is that to us? There is other absurdity in the law," Kononenko said.

He said that now the parliament has a bill that should change the situation. It could be passed before New Year.

"I think that the conflict in the form it is presented is far-fetched. I am not ready to make forecasts or conclusions, but I think that somehow this is linked to the election of new members of the supervisory board. The board is being expanded. The commission is working now. Maybe, this is an attempt to press by managers for some candidates," he said.

As reported, earlier independent members of the supervisory board of Naftogaz Ukrainy filed for resignation, explaining it by the political pressure.

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