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Parliament reinstates military prosecutor's office

Specialized prosecutor's offices are staffed with servicemen.

Parliament reinstates military prosecutor's office

The Verkhovna Rada approved the return of the military prosecutor's office. The relevant decision was voted on at a meeting on April 1, Prosecutor General Irina Venediktov said on Facebook.

She noted that during the war, prosecutors should have every right to be on the frontline to find and preserve evidence of aggression against Ukraine. Military prosecutors will maintain law and order in military units and ensure respect for the rights of Ukrainian servicemen.

According to Venediktova, many military prosecutors received not only higher legal education but also military training. 

The explanatory note to the law states that it is intended to ensure the implementation of criminal proceedings and the effective organization and procedural guidance of the investigation and detection of war crimes, other crimes committed in the area of the Joint Forces operation or hostilities, and the interests of the state. in order to maintain military discipline, combat and mobilization readiness of the Armed Forces and other military formations of Ukraine at a level that ensures adequate response to threats to territorial integrity and inviolability, defense, national security and defense, protection of rights and legitimate interests of servicemen.

"The main purpose of the bill is to ensure the implementation of the powers of prosecutors, defined by the Constitution and Laws of Ukraine, in conditions of armed aggression of the Russian Federation, a special period, martial law. The task of the bill is to determine the procedure for staffing specialized prosecutor's offices with servicemen, their business trips to the prosecutor's office, logistics and social protection.", specified in the document. 

The activity of military prosecutor's offices was canceled in 2019. The then Prosecutor General Ruslan Ryaboshapka believed that there was no need for a military prosecutor's office and justice.

The reform of the military prosecutor's office provided for its removal from the structure of the Ministry of Defense and its transfer to the Prosecutor General's Office in the form of the Chief Specialized Prosecutor's Office. 

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