Acting CEO and Director General of the postal operator Ukrposhta Ihor Smelyansky has sent Infrastructure Minister Volodymyr Omelyan a resignation letter with conditions that must be met if he continues heading the state-owned company after August 31.
According to his Facebook page, Smelyansky’s conditions include grants of authority to: form his own team, pay market salaries, remain politically independent, implement “shock” reforms and adopt a company development strategy supported by the government.
Smelyansky on Thursday evening announced his decision to journalists, reporting on the company’s management over the past two years.
President Petro Poroshenko a day earlier responded to citizens’ complaints about the reduction of Ukrposhta offices in rural areas, as well as the termination of the provision of services for the payment of pensions through its branches in case the tariffs regulated by the state are not increased. The appeals called for refraining from such steps and working out more acceptable options.
During a meeting attended by Smelyansky, Omelyan, Social Policy Minister Andriy Reva, Pension Fund Board Head Oleksiy Zarudny, Poroshenko said a reduction in the number of Ukrposhta’s rural branches is unacceptable. Meanwhile, the company has already started introducing mobile offices in order to save costs.
“State-owned enterprises must perform certain social functions,” Poroshenko said.
The head of state said that he supports the introduction of new modern methods of work in Ukrposhta, such as Internet commerce, but before working out a new model of work in the village and its approval, the government urged refraining from cutting the network in the villages and find a compromise with the Pension Fund.
Ukrposhta’s press service said branch closures would not occur in case of changes in the state-regulated tariffs for the payment of pensions, which have remained unchanged since 2004. Smelyansky expressed hope for finding a compromise that would preserve the unique network of Ukrposhta in the villages. He reiterated that the company had made proposals for tariffs as far back as November 2017.
As earlier reported, on April 20, 2016, the Cabinet appointed ex-director of KPMG U.S. Smelyansky to head the Ukrainian state postal service enterprise Ukrposhta. During the reorganization of the public joint-stock company, he became acting director general.
At the end of June 2018, the government announced a tender for the selection of independent members of the supervisory board of PJSC Ukrposhta. The results of the tender must be made public before September 12.
On July 4, the Cabinet agreed with the proposal of the Infrastructure Ministry to appoint Smelyansky as Ukrposhta’s general director. According to the approved protocol decision, the Ministry of Infrastructure has to sign a contract with Smelyansky within a month. His previous contract expired on July 2, 2018.
cting CEO and Director General of the postal operator Ukrposhta Ihor Smelyansky has sent Infrastructure Minister Volodymyr Omelyan a resignation letter with conditions that must be met if he continues heading the state-owned company after August 31.
According to his Facebook page, Smelyansky’s conditions include grants of authority to: form his own team, pay market salaries, remain politically independent, implement “shock” reforms and adopt a company development strategy supported by the government.
Smelyansky on Thursday evening announced his decision to journalists, reporting on the company’s management over the past two years.
President Petro Poroshenko a day earlier responded to citizens’ complaints about the reduction of Ukrposhta offices in rural areas, as well as the termination of the provision of services for the payment of pensions through its branches in case the tariffs regulated by the state are not increased. The appeals called for refraining from such steps and working out more acceptable options.
During a meeting attended by Smelyansky, Omelyan, Social Policy Minister Andriy Reva, Pension Fund Board Head Oleksiy Zarudny, Poroshenko said a reduction in the number of Ukrposhta’s rural branches is unacceptable. Meanwhile, the company has already started introducing mobile offices in order to save costs.
“State-owned enterprises must perform certain social functions,” Poroshenko said.
The head of state said that he supports the introduction of new modern methods of work in Ukrposhta, such as Internet commerce, but before working out a new model of work in the village and its approval, the government urged refraining from cutting the network in the villages and find a compromise with the Pension Fund.
Ukrposhta’s press service said branch closures would not occur in case of changes in the state-regulated tariffs for the payment of pensions, which have remained unchanged since 2004. Smelyansky expressed hope for finding a compromise that would preserve the unique network of Ukrposhta in the villages. He reiterated that the company had made proposals for tariffs as far back as November 2017.
As earlier reported, on April 20, 2016, the Cabinet appointed ex-director of KPMG U.S. Smelyansky to head the Ukrainian state postal service enterprise Ukrposhta. During the reorganization of the public joint-stock company, he became acting director general.
At the end of June 2018, the government announced a tender for the selection of independent members of the supervisory board of PJSC Ukrposhta. The results of the tender must be made public before September 12.
On July 4, the Cabinet agreed with the proposal of the Infrastructure Ministry to appoint Smelyansky as Ukrposhta’s general director. According to the approved protocol decision, the Ministry of Infrastructure has to sign a contract with Smelyansky within a month. His previous contract expired on July 2, 2018.
