Prosecutor General Kostin resigns after NSDC meeting
Prosecutor General Andrii Kostin announced his dismissal from office due to abuses in the system of the prosecutor's offices of Ukraine.
This is stated in the message of the Prosecutor General's Office on Tuesday, October 22.
Kostin called the situation with fake disabilities of officials of state bodies immoral and noted that checks and criminal proceedings are currently underway at all levels. According to him, many facts of abuse have been established in the system of the prosecutor's offices.
"I consider the position of the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, to be absolutely correct regarding the fact that not only all illegal decisions regarding the granting of disabilities, corresponding pension and other payments should be canceled, there must be not only clear legislative and organizational changes, but also personal responsibility. Including, political responsibility. I am grateful to the President of Ukraine and the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine for their trust. But in this situation, I consider it correct to announce the dismissal from the position of the Prosecutor General," Kostin emphasized.
As Ukrainian News Agency earlier reported, on October 20, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that he had convened a meeting of the National Security and Defense Council and expected tough decisions due to abuses at the MSECs.
On October 22, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy held a meeting of the NSDC.
It will be recalled that in October, journalists showed the income declared by the heads of regional centers of MSEC.