Party of regions: the General Prosecutor's office of Ukraine is engaged in a " witch hunt "
The chief Prosecutor's office of Ukraine (PGO) is engaged in a " witch hunt ", instead of investigating high-profile cases, according to the Ukrainian Party of regions.
before the GPU was declared wanted former deputies and members of the counting Commission of the Verkhovna Rada for failure to appear in law enforcement on the case concerning the responsibility for the adoption of laws on January 16 ".
The Prosecutor General's office said on suspicion of committing crimes stipulated by articles "abuse of power or official position" and " excess of authority or official powers ", former deputies of Ukraine and the members of the counting Commission of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Vladimir Demicco, Andrey Pinchuk, Stanislav Skubiszewska, Yaroslav Dry and Alexander Zubtsovskom.
first instituted criminal proceedings on the fact of organizing and conducting on January 16 last year, the Parliament vote for the bills, narrowing the possibility of holding peaceful protests.
"the chief Prosecutor's office of Ukraine instead of investigation of resonant events, shooting people on the Maidan in February last year, the murder of civilians in the Donbass, the death of thousands of Citizens of Ukraine in the ATO, burning dozens of Odessa in the House of trade unions on 2 may 2014 and others - engaged in explicit "witch hunt" under false pretenses, the persecution of the opposition and outright political revenge ", - reported in the petition, posted on the Internet office of the Party of regions.
in circulation is reported that the party warned the leadership of the Prosecutor General's office about the inevitable responsibility and makes recommendations not to repeat the political mistakes of 2005. The Party recalled that ten years ago, when he discovered the facts unfolded on the initiative of the state nature protection establishment of repression against political opponents, the Prosecutor General's leadership was forced to flee abroad, and the punishment suffered by ordinary investigators.
Adopted by the Parliament in January 2014, in the midst of protests on the main square of Kiev-independence square, on the initiative at the time of the ruling Party of regions laws significantly tightened the rules of holding mass events, introduced criminal liability for libel, has allowed the blocking of Internet resources without the punishment of the court.
Then the opposing political force called these laws " draconian ". Their adoption has led to the aggravation of confrontation between the Maidan and the authorities. By the end of January, the laws were repealed.
in Ukraine, 22 February 2014 has been a coup d'etat. The Verkhovna Rada dismissed Viktor Yanukovych from power, changed the Constitution and appointed a special presidential election, which resulted in a new President was Petro Poroshenko. Fresh authorities began to stir against the bureaucrats of government since Yanukovych's criminal cases.