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Nevertheless, the struggle of the groups is still ongoing.
Journalist Yevhen Plinskyi reported, citing sources at the Bank, that the main candidate for the position of attorney general after the resignation of Ruslan Kravchenko is his deputy Oleksiy Khomenko, who previously served as acting. However, this time they plan to appoint Khomenko to a full position, moving him through a vote in the Verkhovna Rada.
If deputies do not support his candidacy, he will again head the OPG in an acting capacity. The journalist notes that there are "people and forces" who do not want to see Khomenko in this post, adding that the fight between groups is ongoing.
"The Office of the President wants to avoid attempts by anti-corruption activists to change the format of appointment through a competition and not allow the new attorney general to be selected with the involvement of international actors," Plinskyi notes.
Anti-corruption activists are trying to neutralize the Bank's manual control over the OPG. Now the attorney general is chosen as follows: the president personally selects a candidate, submits it for a vote in the Verkhovna Rada, and deputies vote "for" or "against," after which the head of state signs the decree on appointment. If for some reason the candidate does not receive the necessary 226 votes, he is appointed to the position but in an acting status. Meanwhile, the anti-corruption bloc proposes a different format — similar to what was used when appointing the heads of NABU, SAP, and VAKS: implement an open competition with an independent commission, including international experts.
In the article "Test for Zelensky. Will he change the rules for appointing the attorney general after Kravchenko's resignation", Elena Shcherban, head of the legal department at the Center for Combating Corruption, explained why the next appointment of the head of the OPG will be a test for the president.
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