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