The fifth President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko may be forcibly brought in for questioning in the case of MPs Viktor Medvedchuk and Taras Kozak if there is a corresponding petition. The Prosecutor General of Ukraine Iryna Venediktova stated this on the air of the “Right to Power” program.
Kyiv. Ukraine. Ukraine Gate – June 04, 2021 – Ukraine News
When asked by one of the experts present in the studio what Poroshenko’s procedural status is in this case, she answered: “He is a witness in this case. And now, friends, I understand that we are all outraged, society is outraged, society wants answers and we will come to the answers and the truth professionally. If you want me to say guilty now or not, I can’t, you know. Because we immediately transfer the case from the criminal-procedural plane to the political one and do a great service to the person. We invite him for questioning in the SBU. So far you can see how. ”
Asked if she was ready to use a coercive pretext, the prosecutor general replied: “As soon as the investigator asks me to agree to such a request, I will apply it.”
Poroshenko was summoned for re-examination at the SBU at 3 pm on May 31 as a witness in the criminal proceedings on suspicion of Viktor Medvedchuk and Taras Kozak of committing criminal offenses.
The SBU states that Poroshenko did not appear for the preliminary interrogation on May 27.
Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova had previously stated that People’s Deputies Viktor Medvedchuk and Taras Kozak had been informed about the suspicion of treason and attempted looting of national resources in the temporarily occupied territory of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea.
On May 13, the Pechersk District Court of Kyiv sent Viktor Medvedchuk, a People’s Deputy of Ukraine, under 24-hour house arrest until July 9.
An electronic bracelet was put on him.
The prosecutor’s office requested that a measure of restraint be chosen in the form of detention with the alternative of bail of over UAH 300 million. The prosecution asked to arrest the people’s deputy by July 10.
Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova stated that People’s Deputies Viktor Medvedchuk and Taras Kozak had been informed about the suspicion of treason and attempted looting of national resources in the temporarily occupied territory of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea.
Earlier, President Volodymyr Zelensky put into effect the decision of the National Security and Defense Council on sanctions against Medvedchuk, his wife, and others.
Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council Oleksiy Danilov said that the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine had decided to apply sanctions against Viktor Medvedchuk and his wife Oksana Marchenko for financing terrorism.
As for Kozak, President Volodymyr Zelensky imposed personal sanctions on him on February 2. The sanctions will last for 5 years. Sanctions have also been imposed on a number of Noviny media holding companies, which also include ZIK and NewsOne TV channels, and Channel 112.
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Source: Ukrgate
