Ukrainian parliament approved the appointment of lawmaker Andriy Kostin as the country's prosecutor general on Wednesday, the prosecutor general's office said, APA reports citing Reuters.
Some 299 deputies in the 450-seat parliament endorsed Kostin's appointment, it said on the Telegram messaging app.
Kostin is a member of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's Servant of the People party. The president had earlier nominated Kostin to replace Iryna Venediktova, who was removed as prosecutor general earlier this month.
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President Volodymyr Zelenskyy submitted to the Verkhovna Rada the candidacy of People's Deputy Andriy Kostin for the post of Prosecutor General of Ukraine, APA reports citing Ukraine Parliament’s website.
The text of the presentation reads: “I present an opinion for the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine to approve the appointment of Kostin to the post of Prosecutor General.”
In turn, the People’s Deputy of the “Servant of the People” Alexander Bakumov said that an extraordinary meeting of the Parliamentary Commission on Law Enforcement Affairs was planned. During the meeting, it was planned to discuss introducing Kostin’s candidacy for the post of Prosecutor. General.
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