Poroshenko to new prosecutor general: 'Your hands are untied – deliver a result'

16:05, 13.05.2016 1 min read

Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko said he has no intention of interfering in the work of prosecutors, but asked new Prosecutor General Yuriy Lutsenko to "deliver a result."

"Your hands are untied – deliver a result. This applies to the Maidan, Odesa, and the crimes committed by the former administration," the president told Lutsenko when he was introduced to the staff of the Ukrainian Prosecutor General's Office in Kyiv on Friday.

The president said changes in the system of conviction in absentia will help bring investigations to a logical end. At the same time, he said he is "not going to interfere in the work of prosecutors."

"I am not going to interfere in the work of prosecutors, let alone investigations into specific cases [...] I don't have a ready list of people to be imprisoned," Poroshenko said.

The president also recalled that the appointment of the new prosecutor general was a requirement of the IMF.