15 members of the Verkhovna Rada’s profile committee, in the interests of large developers, secondarily supported bill No. 5655 for the second reading
Today, 15 members of the Verkhovna Rada (Verkhovna Rada) Committee on the organization of state power, local self-government, regional development and urban planning for the second time supported bill No. 5655 for adoption in the second reading, which is being lobbied by the chairman of the Servant of the People party Olena Shulyak (in the collage in the center ). Now this bill can be put on the agenda of the Verkhovna Rada on December 13-14. If there are 226 votes in the session hall in support of No. 5655, large developers will start creating pocket FLPs that will control the objects of these developers. The newly created Town Planning Chamber under the Ministry of Regional Development, which will become a new “tender mafia”, will receive super-large powers. The influence of local governments and architects on the adoption of urban planning decisions will be reduced to zero – and cities and communities will begin to be built up anywhere, anywhere and anywhere. A positive vote for Shulyak and the developers took place thanks to the people's deputies from the Opposition Platform for Life and the non-factional Anton Yatsenko, the infamous “godfather of the tender mafia”, writes KV.
The results of the voting of the profile committee, the meeting of which was reported today by KV, were told to the publication by sources in BP. draft law No. 5655, as well as an additional table on the comments of the NAPC, the Association of Ukrainian Cities, the GNEU and the notaries, which the secretariat of the committee wrote at a frantic pace last night and at night.
However, according to parliamentary sources, KV, the second time in adoption of bill No. 5655 in the second reading at a meeting of the committee on the organization of state power, local self-government, regional development and urban planning, 15 people's deputies voted:
- Andriy Klochko, chairman of the committee (“Servant of the People”, on the collage to the left of Shulyak).
- Elena Shulyak, head of the party (“Servant of the People”).
- Dmitry Isaenko (“OPLE” , Vice-President of the Confederation of Builders of Ukraine, owner of the Perfect Group group of construction companies, in the collage to the right of Shulyak).
- Oleksandr Aliksychuk (Servant of the People, formerly director of construction companies).
- Larisa Bilozir (Trust).
- Vladimir Ivanov (Servant of the People).
- Vladimir Kaltsev (OPPL, real estate developer).
- Alexander Kachura (Servant of the People).
- Alexander Litvinov (Servant of the People).
- Dmitry Mikisha (Servant of the People).
- Viktor Myalyk (“For the Future”, a developer in the past).
- Tatiana Plachkova (“OPLZZH”, worked at the State Architectural and Construction Institute).
- Andriy Strykharsky (“Servant of the People”, developer ).
- Dmitry Cherny (“Servant of the People”).
- Anton Yatsenko (non-factional, from June 3, 2021 to February 23, 2022 – head of the Cherkasy regional organization of the Batkivshchyna VO).
Alina Zagoruiko and Vitaly Bezgin (Servant of the People), who last time (that is, for the first time) voted for the adoption of No. 5655 in the second reading, did not come to the committee meeting). It should be noted that Bezgin is a creature of Elena Shulyak, the main author and lobbyist of bill No. 5655. “Maybe he (Bezgin, — KV) began to realize after yesterday’s event with mayors and chairmen of communities that this is really political suicide — Shulyak’s initiative,” said one from the interlocutors of KV.
Recall that yesterday, on December 7, on the basis of the Committee for the Organization of State Power, Local Self-Government, Regional Development and Urban Planning, the dialogue “Parliament and Local Self-Government: Dialogue on the Future” was held. At this meeting, the mayor of Belopolye (Sumy region) Yuriy Zarko publicly thanked the parliamentarians that No. 5655 was withdrawn from consideration, and the mayor of Chortkiv (Ternopil region) Volodymyr Shmatko noted that in No. 5655 it is necessary to refine the powers of local architects, strengthen the powers of local governments . over unauthorized construction and changing the facades of historical buildings, because bill No. 5655 transfers all these powers to the Ministry of Regional Development and private individuals.
“When receiving letters, the heads of the communities told the parliamentarians:“ You don’t need to accept 5655. And the same topic was actively discussed after the public part of the event, ”said a source in parliament.
However, Vitaliy Bezgin and Alina Zagoruiko were promptly replaced by Anton Yatsenko, formerly a people's deputy from the BYuT and the Party of Regions, the “godfather of the tender mafia” under Presidents Leonid Kuchma, Viktor Yushchenko and Viktor Yanukovych.
“Yatsenko abstained when No. 5655 was voted on the committee for the first time before the second reading. And now he is screaming that this is “the best law in the world.” It looks like he got his fate, ”an interlocutor in the Rada shared with KV.
At the same time, it is obvious that a positive vote for Elena Shulyak and large developers took place thanks to people's deputies from the Opposition Platform for Life: committee secretary Dmitry Isaenko, former mayor of Zaporozhye Vladimir Kaltsev and ex-employee of the Odessa State Construction Agency Tatiana Plachkova. All three have their own interests in the construction industry.
The head of the Servant of the People party also has interests in the construction industry: Elena Shulyak is still a co-owner of Midland Development Ukraine LLC and Creator LLC, which have direct relation to the real estate market and the construction industry.
Only Anna Bondar (Servant of the People, District 220, Podol) voted against No. 5655, who earlier withdrew her signature on the bill and publicly spoke about the corruption and anti-urban planning norms of the initiative of the head of the Servant of the People party:
«From my point of view, the two main risks (of bill No. 5655) are the emergence of private controllers and the narrowing of the role of local governments in matters of urban planning control. The initiators of the norm on private control (Olena Shulyak and de facto secretary of the committee, vice-president of the Confederation of Builders of Ukraine Dmitry Isaenko – KV) talk about the experience of the USA, Great Britain, France. Yes, in these countries there is a private controller, but there is also this:
– Residents are involved in the planning of the city at a very early stage. Working groups of residents work on a permanent basis at the city hall (London).
— The role of the chief architect of the community is very high. In New York, without the signature of the chief architect, you cannot put up a bench, let alone build something.
– Urban planning documentation is available, height, building density (and not residents) are indicated in it (zoning of the city of New York is one of the best examples).
– urban planning councils work, which consider not only urban planning documentation, but and each construction site.
Architectural competitions are held to improve the quality of architecture.
– public hearings are held both on urban planning documentation and on each individual construction project (at the block, district, city level) (New York).
– without the consent of the security authority in the historical area, even the door handle cannot be replaced (France).
– the level of building culture is much higher, the traditions are longer (for example, in Great Britain the land registry has been kept since the 12th century).
In such a system of existing safeguards, where everything has already been carefully discussed, agreed and approved by residents, specialists, and the mayor’s office in advance, construction control can also be given to private structures. By the way, in all other European countries, the function of control is carried out by local authorities. Because this is her NATURAL CUSTOMARY LAW…
The model proposed by the bill is different.
In short, the role of the state is being strengthened and more opportunities are being provided for construction companies. The rights of architects, designers, local residents, local self-government bodies, bodies for the protection of cultural heritage are leveled.
People's Deputy Viktor Baloga (For the Future group), who was very critical of norms No. 5655, abstained from voting today. The remaining eight members of the committee did not appear at the meeting, which is regarded as a “vote with their feet against.”
KV repeatedly wrote about the criminality and corruption of bill No. 5655:
- the creation of the Town Planning Chamber under the Ministry of Regional Development, which will receive almost unlimited powers like the Tender Chamber of Anton Yatsenko;
- large developers will create pocket FLPs that will control the objects of these developers;
- the role of local governments in urban planning issues will be reduced to zero or completely corrupted;
- architects will be generally removed from urban planning and construction processes;
- developers will have the right to register non-existent real estate objects, on the basis of which developers will legalize any illegal developments through pocket sole proprietorships;
- it provides for the registration of real estate objects due to notaries, which is absolutely not typical of a notary due to the lack of professional competencies and carrying insane corruption risks.
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Recall that after a meeting on November 30 in the Office of the President (OP), draft law No. 5655 was excluded from the agenda of the Verkhovna Rada. This meeting was attended by the Deputy Head of the Civic Chamber Kirill Tymoshenko, Executive Director of the Association of Ukrainian Cities Oleksandr Slobozhan, Mayor of Dnipro Boris Filatov, Mayor of Lviv Andriy Sadovy and other representatives of local governments.
A KV source in the parliament said that at this meeting all the mayors of the cities opposed No. 5655, and Elena Shulyak “threw a tantrum”: “She shouted that all local governments were corrupt, that she was setting the prosecutor's office on them, and that she did not “construction mafia” and has nothing to do with the construction business. Although no one in the audience accused her of this.
According to KV, the meeting participants were sure that they had convinced the leadership of the OP and the Servant of the People party to refuse to adopt bill No. bill.”
In fact, the NAPC did not remove any of the systemic objections regarding the corruption risks of bill No. 5655. “Although today at the committee, the representative of the NAPC was silent like a fish. It looks like they’ve been greased up there too, ”one of the members of the committee who took part in its meeting shared with KV.
It is expected that on December 13-14, bill No. 5655 will be put on the agenda of the Verkhovna Rada – for the second reading. Probably, at the same time, an attempt will be made to appoint Elena Shulyak as the head of the committee on the organization of state power, local self-government, regional development and urban planning, which she has been expecting for a long time.
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