Leshchenko demands Lutsenko submit motion on stripping him of deputy immunity before week's end, conduct investigation

18:01, 14.05.2019 1 min read

 Member of Parliament from the Bloc of Petro Poroshenko Serhiy Leshchenko has demanded Ukraine's Prosecutor General Yuriy Lutsenko submit to the Verkhovna Rada a request of depriving him of parliamentary immunity for a speedy investigation of the possible disclosure of pretrial investigation evidence in the case of the "black ledger" of the Party of Regions.

"As for his [Prosecutor General Yuriy Lutsenko] charges of his intention to notify me of suspicion for disclosing pretrial investigation information from the "black ledger" case, I call, no, I don't just call - I demand that Prosecutor General Lutsenko today immediately, if not today, then tomorrow or until the end of the week, make a motion [to the Verkhovna Rada] for removing my immunity from prosecution and to conduct an investigation as soon as possible and stop using this case as a means of preserving his authority as prosecutor general," Leshchenko told journalists outside the Verkhovna Rada building on Tuesday.