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Danuța believes that this story will not affect partner assistance, since Kravchenko’s suspicions, although signed, were not served.
Deputy from Servant of the People and a member of the Verkhovna Rada committee on law enforcement Oleksandr Danuța noted that the OGP has neither a general prosecutor nor his first deputy, so it is unclear who will perform the duties of the head of the structure after the removal and potential dismissal of Ruslan Kravchenko today. In an interview with Censor.net, he also noted that it is unclear what the Prosecutor General's Office relied on when signing suspicions for the director of NABU Semyon Kryvonos and the person connected with the leadership of SAP, who, by the way, were subsequently refuted by the OGP.
“Some say this is revenge, others seek other motives. I do not know this for sure. But I forecast that he may not return from abroad for various reasons,” the deputy believes.
Danuța also doubts that this situation will affect partner assistance to Ukraine, since the suspicions, although signed, were not served.
“This is an unpleasant story. Indeed, there should not have been. But I would not call it strictly critical or pivotal in the relations with partners,” added Danuța.
As a reminder, journalist Yevhen Plinsky warned that the Kremlin may try to quickly push through the Verkhovna Rada the appointment of Oleksii Khomenko, one of Kravchenko’s deputies, to the post of general prosecutor. The main task is to prevent anti-corruption figures from trying to change the appointment format for the head of the OGP and to neutralize manual control over the structure.
Currently, the Gp is chosen as follows: the president personally determines a candidate, brings it to a vote in the Verkhovna Rada, and the deputies vote “for” or “against,” after which the head of state signs the decree of appointment. If for some reason the candidate does not receive the necessary 226 votes, he is still appointed to the position, but in acting status. The anti-corruption bloc proposes to introduce another format, although there is no single view in the expert community on an alternative. Among the main options are an open competition with an independent commission, which will include international experts, as well as involving a third party in the procedure, for example, an Ethics Council or representatives of the EU.
In the article “Test for Zelensky. Will he change the rules for appointing the general prosecutor after Kravchenko’s resignation,” head of the Legal Department of the Center for Anti-Corruption, Olena Shcherban, explained why the next appointment of the head of the OGP will be a test for the president.
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