(AP) – President Viktor Yushchenko sacked beleaguered Prosecutor-General Svyatoslav Pyskun on Oct. 14, the Interfax news agency reported.
Earlier this week, Pyskun’s office launched two investigations targeting Petro Poroshenko, a close ally of the president and former head of the Security and Defense Council.
Yushchenko last week appointed one of Pyskun’s biggest critics, Serhiy Holovatiy, as justice minister, and Holovatiy had since called for Pyskun’s ouster.
Pyskun had threatened to fight in court in case of his dismissal
Analysts have suggested that if fired, Pyskun could become a prominent ally of ousted Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko and an aggressive critic of Yushchenko and the president’s circle.
