The Verkhovna Rada,
Ukraine's parliament, has voted to appoint Yuriy Lutsenko, the head of the
Petro Poroshenko Bloc's parliamentary faction, as prosecutor general.
The motion tabled by Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko to tap Lutsenko
to head the Prosecutor General's Office of Ukraine was backed by 264 MPs.
The president signed a respective document on Lutsenko's appointment
immediately after the voting.
Lutsenko
was also stripped of lawmaker's powers by 275 votes of MPs.
The newly appointed public prosecutor took the oath of a member of the High
Council of Justice of Ukraine.
As was reported, the
Ukrainian parliament voted on Thursday afternoon to support amendments to
legislation allowing a person to hold the public prosecutor's post without a
law degree. The changes also stipulate the reform of the Prosecutor General's
Office.
Earlier, the relevant law said that the nominee must have a law degree and
work experience in the field of law of at least 10 years.
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