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Around midnight 7 September, Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko announced that he had written a resignation letter. And he called it a deliberate decision, although earlier he claimed that his deliberate decision was not to voluntarily leave the post. But an interesting moment: the prosecutor general cannot write a letter of resignation. He can write a letter only about dismissal from the post.
Lawyers explain to Informator: a resignation of the prosecutor general is a decision of the Verkhovna Rada. It indicates the distrust of the prosecutor general. And for the Rada to make such a decision, no letter from Mr. Kravchenko is required.
In the history of modern Ukraine, the Rada has only three times made a decision regarding the resignation of general prosecutors:
Vladyslav Datsyuk was sent into retirement by the Rada in October 1995 due to low effectiveness of work.
22 February 2014 of the year the parliament dismissed its beloved Prosecutor General Viktor Pshonka, who was involved in crimes against Euromaidan.
In March 2020 of the year, the parliament expressed no confidence in Ruslan Ryaboshapka "for lack of arrests".
Kravchenko could have met the same fate, since his removal occurred amid a major scandal related to the NABU case 'Carthage'. It turned out that the top of the General Prosecutor's Office was corrupt and involved in shielding call centers. But he stepped down on his own accord.
That is, he wrote a letter of resignation, not a letter 'on resignation'. Most prosecutors general leave their post exactly in this way. In case of receiving a resignation letter from the prosecutor general, the president must consider it and refer it to the Verkhovna Rada. The deputies of the Verkhovna Rada must approve the dismissal, and then the president will draft the corresponding decree.
The fact that a person who held the post of Prosecutor General does not distinguish such moments that relate to law and rights best testifies to what kind of prosecutor he was — Ruslan Kravchenko, and what team he gathered in the General Prosecutor's Office.
Now the Prosecutor General's Office has found itself in a difficult situation. Acting Prosecutor General should become Kravchenko’s first deputy — Maryia Vdovichenko. However, Maryia Vdovichenko, according to NABU's investigation, may be directly implicated in shielding call centers, which was exposed during the 'Carthage' operation. So something must be decided about her as well. We are waiting for new dismissals in the Office of the Prosecutor General.
Why Prosecutor General Kravchenko is resigning
Earlier Informator reported that after meeting with the president, Prosecutor General Kravchenko submitted a resignation letter, calling it a political decision. He stressed that he does not want the office of the Prosecutor General to be used as an instrument of political confrontation, and thanked colleagues who continue to perform their work honestly.
We also wrote that investigators found the home of Prosecutor General Kravchenko in Kozy, about 300 square meters, registered in the name of a 73-year-old woman who is not listed among his relatives in the declaration. According to the investigation, the repair in this house was coordinated by Oleksandr Kropa, deputy head of the OGPU department, who is suspected of leading a criminal organization connected with fraudulent call centers.
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