The meeting of the committee to approve his candidacy will take place today.
Zelenskyi on the appointment of People's Deputy, Chairman of the VRU Committee on Legal Policy Andriy Kostin to the position of Prosecutor General. As reported by ZN.UA, he was among the key contenders for the prosecutor's seat.
As deputy Yaroslav Zheleznyak noted in his turn, a meeting of the parliamentary committee is scheduled for 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, July 27 the committee on law enforcement activities regarding the consideration of this issue.
He added that there are more than enough votes for Kostin's candidacy in the parliament and “there will be support even from Holos”.
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At the same time, the deputy added that the next chairman of the Legal Committee of the Verkhovna Rada with a high degree of probability will be a judge and lawyer, an MP from “Servant of the People” Denys Maslov.
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We remind you that on July 19, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine voted for the dismissal of Ivan Bakanov from the post of head of the Security Service of Ukraine and Iryna Venediktova from the post of Prosecutor General of Ukraine. Both initiatives were introduced to the parliament by President Volodymyr Zelenskyi.
The recent doublet of the president regarding the head of the Security Service of Ukraine and the prosecutor general caused a lot of noise. What is actually hidden behind this casting? Who will take the position, the powers and influence of which can fundamentally change the situation in the rotten law enforcement system of the country? Is the president of a warring country turning the internal rudder on the path of reforms, or is he faking it, satisfying the interests of his immediate entourage? The answers to these questions can be found in the material by Oleksandr Lemyenov“Prosecutor General's bed: sometimes we lengthen it, sometimes we shorten it”.
