NACP urged to check the activities of Lviv Mayor Andriy Sadovyi as soon as possible: what is at stake
June 22, 2023
Sadovyi’s deputies receive exorbitant bonuses: NACP calls to check the work of deputy mayors of Lviv
June 23, 2023
For several years, the mayor has been illegally giving huge bonuses to his deputies. The Regulations state that this issue is subject to review and discussion at the plenary session of the city council at least once a quarter. A report from a particular deputy is a prerequisite.
“The deputies have to evaluate the deputies and then give them bonuses based on their performance. No deputy mayor has ever reported to the deputy corps, but the mayor clearly gives his deputies huge bonuses every month or even twice a month,” says Yuriy Lomaha, a deputy of the Lviv City Council.
Lomaha’s statement is supported by documents on the bonuses awarded to Sadovyi’s deputy mayors. The generous allocation of budget funds was made on the basis of direct orders from the mayor. They were signed by Andriy Sadovyi personally, contrary to the requirements of the Rules of Procedure. Such decisions led to the embezzlement of funds from the city budget. We are talking about tens of millions of hryvnias.
“These monthly bonuses are within two hundred percent of their official salaries. But in addition to bonuses, there are also payments of various financial assistance for health improvement and improvement of social and living conditions,” said Natalia Shelestak, head of the budget committee of the city council.
Back on May 25, during a session of the Lviv City Council, MP Oleksiy Riznyk read out an appeal to the NAPC to have law enforcement officers conduct an audit of Andriy Sadovyi’s activities.
Investigative journalists are calling on the National Agency for the Prevention of Corruption to check the activities of Lviv Mayor Andriy Sadovyi as soon as possible. Law enforcement officers must put an end to corrupt practices that lead to rampant waste of budget funds in times of war.
Investigative journalists will continue to monitor this situation. We will send relevant information requests to the President of Ukraine, the Verkhovna Rada, the Prosecutor General’s Office and the State Bureau of Investigation to assess the actions of the mayor of Lviv. We have to stop the plundering of the city of Lviv, which has been going on for 17 years of Andriy Sadovyi’s rule.
