In February it will be known the new head of the Ukrainian National Police

Ukrainian Interior Minister Arsen Avakov announced a competition for the position of head National Police that occupy Khatia Dekanoidze until November. Who joined the Board on the selection of candidates? How will decisions be made?

The competition jury composed of experts from Canada, the US, Denmark and Ukraine.

On the phone with “Gromadska radio” MVD Director of Communications Department Artyom Shevchenko and a member of the competition committee, the founder of the Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Union, director of the Kharkiv Human Rights Group Evgeniy Zaharov .

Irina Sampan: How will the competitive commission? It will be ensured transparency of the competition?

Evgeniy Zaharov: Now the candidates submit their application – CV and motivation letter. All received materials are translated into English and simultaneously transmitted to all members of the commission – Ukrainian and foreign. We will study and prepare materials for the meetings – the first will be held on January 18.

the primary analysis will be carried out, whether to send the summary of the qualifications for the post head Natspolitsii contained in the law – a full law degree, not less than 7 years of experience in the legal field and 5 years of managerial experience.

Prior to the first meeting of all candidates pass the test on the General Skills (general skills – Ed.) – the ability to think logically. The same test, which all police officers at recertification.

And the results of these three sources – resume, cover letter, and test – Commission will examine each candidate and ballot to decide whether he will be admitted to the interview. For each will vote personally. All this will be recorded on video, and who wants to be able to see. We just have not decided whether to make a shot in real time or recording and display afterwards.

Irina Sampan: Interviews with candidates will be carried out the commission?

Evgeniy Zaharov: Yes. All candidates will be asked the same questions, so that they are on an equal footing. It will surely be recorded on video and then you will see. After the interview, the commission will select the best three candidates and will give the Interior Ministry, whom she recommended to assign. The minister will have to choose from these three candidates.

Tatiana Troschinsky: The final word of the Minister of the Ministry of Interior ?

Evgeniy Zaharov: Yes, it is legally wrong. The minister is one candidate to the government, the government of his claims.

Irina Sampan: Can be applied to this competition a former policeman, who did not pass the re-certification?

Evgeniy Zaharov: No they do not interfere. But if they had a bad result on the test, why they do it. We introduced the test as a formal evaluation of the candidate’s ability to think. The Commission considered that it is a necessary condition. If a person can not think logically, he can not apply for this position.

Tatiana Troschinsky: In addition to these formal things that the law says that you define important? That may affect your choice to vote or not to vote for the candidate?

Evgeniy Zaharov: There are requirements to the candidate, expressed in the law – a good reputation, high moral qualities. Speaking for myself personally, their preferences – for me it will be very important if the candidate has not been seen in the human rights violations in the past. How he showed earlier in his work.

The interviews will be sufficiently deep and detailed, so that all of this will reveal. His qualities as a manager, communication with people and staff, ability to work in conditions of risk, uncertain environment with incomplete information, the propensity for innovation, creativity.

I also want to emphasize that the norm in the law of at least 7 years of work in the field of law is only at first assumed policing. And it was I who introduced the amendment to the bill that you need to expand the pool of candidates. What should be lawyers, not the police – it may be prosecutors, tax. As Artem Sitnik, who was a very decent and a good candidate for the post of head of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau. bidders circle should not be limited to the police around.

Irina Sampan: When the Commission will submit to the Minister Interior Ministry candidates recommended for the post of Natspolitsii?

Evgeniy Zaharov: The timing is now difficult to say, because it is not clear how many will be applications. If, for example, 200, the operation may take a week. Everyone needs to read, to think, to study, you have to vote for each candidate. Maybe I’m wrong, is a bit of candidates, and we are the first three days have time to do all this. But I think that it is doubtful, and we move on to the next week (after the first meeting on 18 January – Ed.).

Irina Sampan: How many applications have been filed?

Evgeniy Zaharov: Five days ago there were six. This is the ones translated into English and sent to all candidates. It’s Christmas, the intensity of a halt. I think that most of the applications will be after the New Year.

Sourse, 25/12/2016