[Ukrainian Parliament Receives Proposal to Dismiss Minister of Finance]

On June 4, Yaroslav Zheleznyak, a member of the "Voice" faction of the Ukrainian parliament, stated on his Telegram channel that he had submitted a resolution to the parliament for the dismissal of Serhiy Marchenko as the Minister of Finance. The main reasons include his comprehensive public sabotage of customs reform and his continuous violation of legal provisions for five months by failing to initiate a transparent competitive recruitment process for the position of Head of Customs. Additionally, there have been systematic problems in budget fund collection, as well as the delay in submitting the statutory budget statement for two consecutive years.

Zheleznyak also pointed out other reasons such as "practically complying with all populist budget 'requests' from the presidential office: from using National Bank funds, financing TV marathons, to issuing bonuses to the Zelenskyy team and purchasing nuclear reactors."

Serhiy Marchenko was appointed as the Ukrainian Minister of Finance on March 30, 2020, succeeding Ihor Umanskyi.

Since 2002, he has held various positions in institutions such as the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine, the State Fiscal Service, the Committee on Finance and Banking, and the Secretariat of the Cabinet of Ministers. Since 2011, he has served at the Reform Coordination Center of the Presidential Office; from 2016 to 2018, he was the Deputy Minister of Finance; before May 2019, he served as the Deputy Chief of Staff of the President's Office. In 2023, Marchenko once served as the Chairman of the Board of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund.

Recently, Marchenko proposed that Ukraine suggests that Europe allocate part of its GDP to fund the Ukrainian armed forces, believing that this move can protect EU countries from potential Russian aggression. "Partners should participate in funding the Ukrainian armed forces and integrate them into the European defense system. The military expenditure for ensuring European security only accounts for a small portion of the EU's GDP, which can be shared among willing participating countries and included in national defense budgets according to each country's obligations to NATO."

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