The Government has appointed Halinskyi as Head of the Department for the Execution of Sentences

The government has appointed Oleksandr HALINSKYI as Head of the State Department for the Execution of Sentences.

Human rights activist Eduard BAGIROV, who was present at the Cabinet of Ministers meeting, reported this to an UNIAN correspondent.

'After Vasyl KOSHYNETS was dismissed from this position, four candidates were proposed, but after a dialogue with public human rights organisations, the government settled on the candidacy of Oleksandr HALINSKYI,' said G. BAGIROV.

Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia TYMOSHENKO linked the appointment of the new head of the State Department for the Execution of Sentences to the necessity of reforming the agency's activities.

'The government is not satisfied with how the strategy in the penal system has been implemented to date, and how all elements of the strategy in this sector have been executed as a whole,' she said.

At the same time, the Prime Minister noted that the government intends to improve the strategy of the penal system's activities through a close dialogue with public human rights organisations.

In turn, O. HALINSKYI reported that his presentation to the state department staff and the public would take place tomorrow at 11:00. It is expected that his press conference will take place at 11:00 at the State Department for the Execution of Sentences.

Before his appointment, O. HALINSKYI headed the Odesa regional administration of the State Department for the Execution of Sentences.

As UNIAN reported, the Cabinet of Ministers, by its order of 12 August, made a decision on the dismissal of V. KOSHYNETS from the position of Head of the State Department for the Execution of Sentences.