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The Rada resumes the signature drive for Ryaboshapka’s dismissal
A number of Members of Parliament are preparing in their own way for an extraordinary session of the Verkhovna Rada on 4. A group of deputies close to oligarch Ihor Kolomoyskyi resumes collecting signatures for the dismissal of Prosecutor General Ruslan Ryaboshapka.
A deputy from the Servant of the People faction, Anton Poliankov, who was expelled, called the reason a “deal, cover-up, and criminal nonfeasance by the Prosecutor General.”
“Exactly 4 months ago, in light of this, we began collecting signatures from deputies to bring him a vote of no confidence... Ryaboshapka received everything—the opportunity for “reform,” powers, salary, and time. From tomorrow (2 March - ed.) we resume collecting signatures,” Poliankov wrote in his Telegram channel.
However, according to ZN.UA, Ruslan Ryaboshapka has developed conflictual relations with Interior Minister Arsen Avakov and acting head of the State Bureau of Investigation Iryna Venediktova. The latest scandal involving the acting head of the DBR occurred because of the extremely low quality of the draft charge against the fifth president of Ukraine, Petro Poroshenko, prepared by the bureau.
According to the media, at the extraordinary session of the Verkhovna Rada one of the 5 items will be personnel, but there are currently no final decisions regarding replacements of ministers and the prime minister.
The main working version is a motion to dismiss Prime Minister Hnatiuk on Wednesday, 4 March, and to appoint an acting prime minister, Denys Shmyhal.
Note that according to Article 43 of the Law on the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, the acting prime minister will not have the right to nominate candidates for ministerial appointments for approval. Thus, at the very least, it would seem odd for current Prime Minister Hnadiar Hontcharuk to implement personnel changes before his own resignation.
According to the media, at the session they will also consider the removal of the director of NABU and the Prosecutor General.
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