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The Office of the General Prosecution after the dismissal of Ruslan Kravchenko may temporarily be headed by his deputy Oleksiy Khomenko.
photo: Office of the General Prosecutor.
The First Deputy Prosecutor General is also leaving the post, and among potential candidates for temporary leadership is a prosecutor who has already headed the agency.
After the dismissal of Ruslan Kravchenko, the Office of the General Prosecutor will enter a kind of “transit mode.” Someone among the deputy generals will temporarily lead the department, and among the possible candidates is Oleksiy Khomenko. This is reported by “The Captain” with reference to its own sources in law enforcement agencies.
The Law on the Prosecutor's Office provides that in the absence of a Prosecutor General, her or his powers are exercised by the First Deputy, and in the absence of the First Deputy, by one of the Deputy Prosecutors General.
Currently, the First Deputy of Ruslan Kravchenko is Maria Vdovichenko. However, she has also submitted a resignation. Vdovichenko appeared on tapes of anti-corruption agencies within the Karfagen operation. According to sources of “Captain,” in law enforcement agencies, 8 September – her last day in office.
According to interlocutors of “Captain,” before his dismissal Kravchenko may entrust the performance of the Prosecutor General’s duties to another deputy. Specifically, this concerns Oleksiy Khomenko.
For Khomenko, such a appointment would not be his first. From October 2024 this year to June 2025 this year, he had already served as acting Prosecutor General — in the period after the resignation of Andriy Kostyn and before the appointment of Ruslan Kravchenko.
At the same time, the search for a new full-fledged head of the prosecutor’s office may drag on. This is the opinion expressed to “Captain” by Volodymyr Watras, a member of the Servant of the People faction and a member of the parliamentary Committee on Legal Policy.
“As of today there is no appointed head of the Security Service of Ukraine, but there is an acting head (Oleksandr Poklad — “Captain”). Recently there were short periods when the acting foreign minister (19 August, the Verkhovna Rada supported appointing Andriy Sybyha as head of the MFA — “Captain”) and the acting defense minister (19 August, the parliament appointed Yevhen Khmara minister of defense — “Captain”). Legislation provides for such cases. In my view, this is not quite the right practice regarding appointments with an “acting” tag. But you understand: a professional, a worthy person must be found. The Prosecutor General is a position that should serve as an example of effective legal work, a lawyer. And there are many constitutional powers attached to it, including bringing top officials to criminal responsibility,” emphasized Watras.
As a reminder, late in the evening 7 September, Ruslan Kravchenko announced his resignation from the post of Prosecutor General. This occurred against the backdrop of the NABU– SAP Karfagen operation and the appearance of tapes of anti-corruption agencies.
President Volodymyr Zelensky 8 September told journalists that in the near future he would send to the Verkhovna Rada a submission for Kravchenko’s dismissal. To approve the decision, at least 226 votes of the people’s deputies are required.
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