More than 40 lawsuits filed by employees of the central apparatus of the "Our Ukraine" bloc demanding payment of wage arrears are being considered in Ukrainian courts. The lack of money has led to the fact that "NU" is forced to cut back its regional offices. However, heads of regional offices are forbidden to speak about this publicly, writes "Ekonomicheskiye Izvestiya".
It was precisely this restructuring that became the main reason for yesterday's meeting of the head of the political council of "Our Ukraine," Roman Bezsmertny, with heads of regional branches, reported Taras Berezovets, director of the political consulting agency Martin Group. According to him, debts to apparatus employees in "NU" had existed before, but "not on such a terrifying scale." "By October 11, telephones that had been disconnected earlier for non-payment were reconnected at the central headquarters," said Berezovets.
According to him, "Our Ukraine" had several sponsors. "For example, Yuriy Yekhanurov paid off the debts of his political colleague Petro Poroshenko to employees of the central apparatus of 'NU' when the latter refused to pay them," the expert emphasized. In addition, according to him, in order to employ former party workers, orange ministers had been freeing up jobs in their ministries over the past month. Thus, an employee of the Ministry of Justice reported on condition of anonymity that in one of the divisions of his department two people were laid off, and Justice Minister Roman Zvarych invited people dismissed from the "NU" election headquarters to fill the vacated positions.
The press secretary of the Donetsk regional organization of NSNU, Iryna Denysova, reported that in recent months no employees had been laid off at the office. However, in Sumy Oblast, since September 1, an 80-percent reduction of the official staff of the regional apparatus of "NU" has taken place, sources in the regional organization reported.
In turn, Ihor Zhdanov, deputy head of the central executive committee of NSNU, stated that he was hearing about the winding down of "NU" in the regions for the first time. "I prefer to deal with ideology, not finances," he emphasized.
People's Deputy Oleksandr Tretyakov, who is counted among the party's sponsors, stated that he does not consider himself one. "Asking about the financial bankruptcy of 'Our Ukraine' is unethical," he cut off and hung up the phone.