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SAP still cannot independently open cases against MPs: Klimenko called the problem
The head of the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office, Oleksandr Klimenko, stated that SAP still does not have the authority to independently initiate criminal proceedings against members of parliament.
Klimenko said this at a briefing.
“We cannot even start such an investigation without the will of another official who has no relation to the anti-corruption infrastructure,” said SAP head.
Currently, such decisions are made by the Prosecutor General of Ukraine, Ruslan Kravchenko, although SAP carries out procedural supervision in cases of top corruption.
“Our responsibility is to investigate such categories of crimes concerning MPs, while at the same time we cannot even begin, and this creates problems,” Klimenko added.
Last year, the SAP head reported that more than 40 current Members of Parliament of Ukraine have suspicions of committing corruption offenses. Among the figures in anti-corruption investigations are representatives of the largest parliamentary faction, Servant of the People.
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