14:37 14.02.2014

Pshonka sees no obstacle to unblocking streets and government buildings

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Pshonka sees no obstacle to unblocking streets and government buildings

Ukrainian Prosecutor General Viktor Pshonka has said he sees no obstacles to protesters unblocking streets and vacating government buildings.

"There are no obstacles to freeing the buildings and streets. I'll tell you more - they do not exist, if they are not invented by those who do not want peace in our country," he said at a press conference in Kyiv on Friday.

He said that the law clearly stipulates that protesters have to unblock Hrushevskoho Street in Kyiv, other squares, lanes and boulevards, both in Kyiv and other cities in the country, except for those places where peaceful protests are held.

Pshonka noted that the release by activists of Independence Square, the Trade Unions House, Zhovtnevy Palace and Ukrainian House is not a condition for the application of the amnesty law.

He expressed hope that on February 18 the Prosecutor General's Office would have every reason to announce the application of the law.

As reported, on January 29, the Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine's parliament, passed a bill on measures to eliminate the negative aftermath and prevent the prosecution and punishment of persons involved in developments during peaceful protest rallies, which was prepared by Regions Party faction member Yuriy Miroshnychenko.

The amnesty law stipulates that it will take effect after the Prosecutor General's Office reports on its Web site that the protesters vacated all administrative buildings and unblocked Hrushevskoho Street in Kyiv.

The law exempts people suspected or accused of committing certain crimes from criminal liability on condition that these offences and crimes are related to the mass protests that started on November 21, 2013. The criminal proceedings against such people will be dropped.

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