On Wednesday morning, July 30, Olena Duma, head of the National Agency for the Detection, Search and Management of Assets Obtained from Corruption Crimes (ARMA), announced that she was resigning at her own request.

Several hours later, Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko hinted / implied / suggested, that the dismissal of the Duma was her initiative. "Yesterday I addressed the president" Volodymyr Zelenskyy with the initiative for a complete reboot of the Agency for the Search and Management of Assets. The President supported the government's plan. Today, at the Cabinet meeting, the head of the agency was dismissed," Svyrydenko wrote on Telegram.

In addition, as MP Anastasia Radina reported, on the day of Duma's resignation, the law on the reform of ARMA came into force, allowing the government to dismiss the head of the agency for ineffective work. There were complaints about Olena Duma's work in parliament. At the beginning of June, MPs appealed to the Prime Minister with a demand for Olena Duma's dismissal. The reason – non-transparent asset management.

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