Law enforcement bodies must help in the fight against dishonest contractors in the construction of housing for military - President

President Petro Poroshenko during a meeting on the implementation of the program of housing construction for servicemen in Lviv region said that today in Starychi, he had inspected the execution of the order to provide military dormitories. "There was a task to build 184 dormitories, at least not less than 80 this year. Many were skeptical of the timing, calling it impossible and costly, saying that nothing can be built for these funds," the President said. According to him, by the end of the year, 6 dormitories are to be introduced in Starychi.

"During the construction of 16 dormitories, the Ministry of Defense had to terminate contracts due to the fact that light fingers tried to either raise prices or steal money. I want to turn to those public activists who are doing a great deal of fighting corruption - track down thievish contractors and together with the Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of Regional Development create a "blacklist" not only for the executors, but also for the founders. Every kopeck is now urgently needed in Ukraine," the Head of State emphasized.

“Those contractors who hinder us from implementing a program of social protection for servicemen, who disrupt tenders, who steal advance payments, who are trying to undermine the timing of contract work. The law enforcement bodies must provide maximum assistance to the Ministry of Defense in the fight against those who steal government money or unfairly perform their duties. We will not allow playing tricks with the army," the Head of State addressed the law enforcement agencies.

The President also informed that changes had already been made to the legislation on the work of the ProZorro system in order to prevent illegal contractors from building the facilities of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

The President asked the Parliament to speed up the adoption of these changes. "The fate of hundreds of millions of Ukrainian hryvnias depends on this," the Head of State said, adding that in the case of a positive vote, the law must be urgently submitted to him for signature. He also noted that it is necessary to add thievish contractors who have not fulfilled their obligations to the Ministry of Defense to the list of companies banned to participate in the competition.