Prosecutor General of Ukraine Viktor Shokin has criticized the state of the investigation into crimes committed against the participants of peaceful protest rallies in 2013-2014.
At a meeting in Kyiv on Feb. 13, the Prosecutor General listened to the report on pre-trial criminal proceedings related to crimes committed during the revolutionary events, and to the report on meeting the requirements of the lustration law by prosecutor agencies, the prosecutor general’s office (PGO) press service has reported.
“The Prosecutor General was determinedly dissatisfied with the course of the investigation into crimes committed against the participants of peaceful rallies in 2013-2014,” reads the statement.
According to the press service, Shokin ordered that regional prosecutors urgently achieve a legal and qualitative result in the investigation into criminal proceedings related to the Revolution of Dignity, corruption, and crimes committed by former high-ranking officials.
“To achieve efficiency and results in the investigation into the crimes…, Viktor Shokin also ordered that within a week regional prosecutors hold corresponding examinations of the roles of every prosecutor’s employee during the events in Maidan,” the press service reported.
Shokin stated that an internal investigation into the actions of the employees of regional and other prosecutor’s offices during the Maidan events in 2013-2014 must be conducted. “No one must escape responsibility. First of all, heads of regional level must be investigated instead of ‘scapegoats,'”
In addition, the efficiency of executing the president’s decree on additional mobilization measures was also discussed at the meeting. Shokin ordered that a duty schedule for prosecutor’s offices employees in military enlistment offices be drawn up.
Shokin also gave instructions related to meeting the requirements of the lustration law.
