PGO submits request to Rada on bringing MP Lozovy to trial
The Prosecutor General's Office (PGO) of Ukraine has submitted a request to the parliament on giving consent to bringing People's Deputy of Ukraine Andriy Lozovy (Radical Party faction) to criminal liability.
"The Prosecutor General's Office of Ukraine has sent to the Verkhovna Rada a request on considering the idea of bringing Ukraine's MP Lozovy to criminal responsibility," press secretary of Prosecutor General Yuriy Lutsenko, Larysa Sarhan, wrote on her Facebook page on Wednesday.
As reported, the Prosecutor General's Office of Ukraine prepared a submission to the Verkhovna Rada requesting the removal of parliamentary immunity from lawmakers Hennadiy Bobov (Vidrodzhennia group), Yevhen Deidei (People's Front faction) and Andriy Lozovoy (Radical Party faction).
"During the checks of submitted electronic declarations by the PGO, Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office and the National Anti-Corruption Bureau, requests for the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine were prepared for the removal of parliamentary immunity from MPs Hennadiy Bobov (under Articles 212 and 366 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine), Yevhen Deidei (Article 368 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine ) and Andriy Lozovoy (Articles 212 and 368 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine)," Lutsenko said on May 19.
Article 212 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine is dedicated to evasion from payment of taxes and duties, Article 366 of the Criminal Code deals with declaring untrue information and illegal enrichment.
On May 23, the prosecutor general's press secretary, Larysa Sarhan, said that requests for stripping immunity from Lozovy and Deidei were temporary withdrawn for completion.
On May 26, Member of the Vidrodzhennia group in the Ukrainian parliament Bobov admitted to tax evasion and pledged to pay $1 million in unpaid taxes. The same day, Prosecutor General Yuriy Lutsenko confirmed the receipt of UAH 37.9 million from the MP.
The prosecutor general's press secretary said that the request for stripping Bobov of his parliamentary immunity from prosecution was removed after relevant criminal proceedings had been closed.
