Parliament dismissed Kostin from the post of Prosecutor General
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The Ukrainian Parliament supported the dismissal of Andriy Kostin. He has worked as Prosecutor General since July 28, 2022.
This was reported by the MP Yaroslav Zheleznyak via Telegram on Monday, October 29.
Dismissal of Andriy Kostin
255 deputies voted "for" dismissing Kostin from the post of Prosecutor General.
Before voting, Zheleznyak spoke from the tribune and criticized his work. In particular, he emphasized that during Kostin's term, pressure on business increased significantly. Zheleznyak also noted that Kostin supported an increase in prosecutors' salaries and did not take any measures in response to scandals related to employees of the prosecutor's office. In addition, the MP stated that he "completely transferred the management of the prosecutor's office to Bankova".
On October 22, Andriy Kostin resigned after scandals related to medical and social expert commissions.
In addition, MP Oleksiy Honcharenko said that a replacement for the Prosecutor General has not been found yet.
