Ukraine’s Prosecutor General Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova has urged against politicizing criminal proceedings involving former President Petro Poroshenko, noting that three cases involving him were closed last week.
“Last week, due to the lack of corpus delicti, three criminal proceedings were opened, opened on applications for unlawful, in the applicant’s opinion, actions of the said person when appointing members of the High Council of Justice, of unlawful actions against judges of the Kyiv Regional Administrative Court and legitimacy of the appointment of the Prime Minister of Ukraine,” the press service of the Prosecutor General’s Office (PGO) said, citing Venediktova.
The press service said Venediktova had urged not to politicize the procedural actions in the proceedings, in which Poroshenko was notified of the suspicion.
“This proceeding was opened at the request of the head of the Foreign Intelligence Service. If such an official claims a crime, will it really be unpromising from the point of view of the investigation and the court? … If there are cases, then they must either be closed or be tried in court. Let the court decide. That is right, it’s democratic and it complies with the requirements of the rule of law. Therefore, there is no politics at all,” she said.
“If someone wants to make a caste of the untouchables and not hold any presidents or deputies accountable, let’s honestly report this, and then there will be no statements about political persecution where the law just has to work,” she said.
