Prosecutor General Yurii Lutsenko has said that the draft law on the state budget for 2017 provides for doubling the salaries of prosecutors.
Lutsenko was speaking at a meeting of the PACE Committee on Science, Education, and Culture, Ukrainian News reports.
"The salaries o prosecutors should be increased. The draft state budget provides for a two-fold increase," he said.
According to him, increase of prosecutors' salaries will motivate young and ambitious prosecutors to fight crime effectively.
As Ukrainian News earlier reported, Lutsenko promised in June that he would double the salaries of prosecutors.
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