The Prosecutor General's office of Ukraine asks to deprive the privacy of 2 deputies

The Prosecutor General of Ukraine Viktor Shokin said that he had filed a submission to Parliament on bringing to responsibility under the criminal code of people's deputies Sergey Klyuev and Sergey Melnichuk, transfer Agency

According to the Prosecutor, independent MPs Klyuev suspected of fraud, embezzlement and abuse of power, to it threatens till ten years of imprisonment. Klyuev was formerly a member of the former ruling Party of regions, he is the brother of former Secretary of the NSDC of Ukraine Andrey Klyuev, who Also headed the administration of ex-President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych.

Also dedicated representation for consideration of the provision of consent to prosecution under the criminal code, arrest and detention of the people's Deputy of Ukraine Serhiy Melnychuk Petrovich ", - quotes Agency the words of the attorney General.

according to His statement, Melnychuk suspected of creating an illegal organization, he could face a prison sentence for life.

Shokin said that the accusations in the process of further investigation have the opportunity to be corrected, and that there will be other views on the removal of parliamentary privacy.

Melnychuk, a former commander of the volunteer battalion " Aidar ", formed to participate in special operations in the Donbass, not so long ago was expelled from the faction of the Radical Party, for example, organizing demonstrations of disagreement fighters at the building of the Ministry of defense of Ukraine. It Also is suspected in the involvement of fighters of a battalion to the kidnapping of the Director of state enterprise " Ukrspirt ".

Parliamentary and judicial immunity is enshrined in the Constitution of Ukraine, however, the coalition agreement, which was signed by five parties included in the parliamentary the vast number that involves the deprivation of people's deputies of confidentiality. The Ukrainian Parliament in early February sent a presidential draft law on the abolition of parliamentary and limitation of judicial privacy for examination to the constitutional court, and similarly to the Venice Commission.


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