Zelenskyy submits proposal to parliament for dismissing Prosecutor General Andrii Kostin

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has registered a draft resolution in the Verkhovna Rada (the parliament) to approve the dismissal of Andrii Kostin from the position of Prosecutor General.

Source: the parliament’s website

Details: The document card indicates that the submission was registered on 28 October.

Previously: After the National Security and Defence Council meeting on 22 October, Prosecutor General Andrii Kostin announced his resignation. This decision followed a series of revelations regarding prosecutors receiving unjustified benefits and disability claims.

Background:

• On 4 October, law enforcement exposed Head of the Khmelnytskyi Oblast Medical and Social Assessment Board, Tetiana Krupa, and her son, Oleksandr Krupa, an official at the regional Pension Fund, for illegal enrichment.
• Journalist and editor-in-chief of Censor.Net, Yurii Butusov, revealed that Tetiana Krupa registered disability status for 49 prosecutors from Khmelnytskyi, led by regional prosecutor Oleksii Oliinyk.
• Oliinyk stated that disabilities were real but denied the journalists' claims that it was obtained illegally. However, he later requested to be relieved of his position.

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