Nuland says Ukraine's PGO should be reinvented like police force
U.S. Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs Victoria Nuland has said that the General Prosecutor's Office of Ukraine should be reinvented like the police force.
"Like Ukraine's police force, the Prosecutor General's Office has to be reinvented as an institution that serves the citizens of Ukraine, rather than ripping them off. That means it must investigate and successfully prosecute corruption and asset recovery cases - including locking up dirty personnel in the PGO itself," Nuland said in her speech before the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee in Washington on Thursday.
In her opinion, the newly created Inspector General's Office within Ukraine's prosecution service must be able to work independently and effectively, without political or judicial interference.
Nuland also said the Ukrainian government need to appoint the anti-corruption prosecutor in order to start investigating these crimes as soon as possible.
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