Prosecutorial “immunity” has been abolished

Prosecutorial “immunity” has been abolished – President about special operation in the Prosecutor General’s Office

Senior officials of the Prosecutor General’s Office and Security Service of Ukraine reported to the President on special operation against corruption in central apparatus of the Prosecutor General’s Office and Prosecutor’s Office of Kyiv region that ended up with detention of the First Deputy Head of the Investigation Department and Deputy Prosecutor of Kyiv region.

The President praised the work of security officials and noted that he demands further decisive struggle against corruption. “Prosecutorial “immunity” has been abolished. Corrupt officials must be brought to liability. I think that it is a good start for the reformed public prosecution, which has recently established a special department on struggle against corruption among prosecutors,” he emphasized.

“Now we must keep on eliminating corruption in supreme state bodies,” the Head of State said.

The President noted that he would keep the investigation of the given case under his personal control.

Acting Prosecutor General – First Deputy Prosecutor General Volodymyr Huzyr informed that the abovementioned persons were detained in the morning of July 5. “In the course of the house-check, a lot of questions emerged about huge sums of money in the national and foreign currency, especially in comparison to the salary of civil servants. They were announced suspects. Today, it will be defined whether there is enough evidence to impose the strictest preventive measures in this context,” he informed.

Head of the Security Service Vasyl Hrytsak informed that in the framework of the operation, the Security Service and Prosecutor General’s Office implemented a series of investigative actions against corruption among prosecutors. “We were responsible for operational maintenance and support of the investigative team. As a result of the investigation, substantial evidence of criminal activity has been collected,” the Head of the Security Service noted adding that it goes about cosmic sums.

“It is great that the Prosecutor General’s Office initiates purification in its ranks. I am confident that such corrupt officials are present in other state bodies as well. We promised to fight corruption and we will make everything to report on the results to the Ukrainian nation,” he added.

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