Zelenskyy submitted a motion to the Rada to dismiss Kravchenko

A submission from President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to dismiss Ruslan Kravchenko from the position of prosecutor general has been received by the Verkhovna Rada.

The head of state sent the document on Monday, 14 September. "In accordance with paragraph 25 of part one of Article 85, paragraph 11 of part one of Article 106 and part three of Article 131¹ of the Constitution of Ukraine, I submit a proposal to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine to consent to the dismissal of R. Kravchenko from the position of prosecutor general," the document says. The president’s representative in the Verkhovna Rada, Halyna Mykhailyuk, is authorized to present the document at a plenary session of parliament. Photo: Zelenskyy submitted a motion to the Rada to dismiss Kravchenko (Dmytro Lytvyn) Updated at 12:07 The head of the Servant of the People faction, David Arakhamia, confirmed that Zelenskyy’s submission to dismiss the prosecutor general has been received by parliament. "Within the next hours the document will be considered at a meeting of the relevant committee, after which it will be brought to the session hall of parliament for consideration tomorrow," he said. Scandal around Kravchenko: Recall that on 14 September the prosecutor general released a video address saying he had signed a suspicion notice for NABU Director Semen Kryvonos and a person close to Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor Oleksandr Klymenko. He also urged the heads of NABU and the SAP to resign. NABU stated that at that time Kryvonos had not been formally served with a suspicion notice. The anti-corruption bureau also refuted Kravchenko’s claims about the seizure of criminal cases and any proposals regarding "immunity." According to sources of RBC-Ukraine close to the president, Kravchenko’s initiative to issue suspicion notices to the leadership of NABU was his personal and uncoordinated "initiative." At the same time Volodymyr Zelenskyy called on the Verkhovna Rada to urgently dismiss Kravchenko from his post, saying that the prosecutor general has "only one way." RBC-Ukraine also reported that Ruslan Kravchenko left Ukraine on the night of 14 September. The prosecutor general crossed the border via one of the checkpoints in the Polish direction.

Note that on 7 September Kravchenko submitted a resignation after the NABU and SAP special operation "Carthage." The operation investigates possible crimes involving officials of the Office of the Prosecutor General. In particular, the investigation says a criminal organization was exposed that was "shielding" fraudulent call centers. As part of the operation law enforcement also conducted searches in OPG premises.