Today, the Rada will vote on Kostin’s resignation: the committee supported the dismissal
29 October 2024 12:16
Today, on October 29, the Verkhovna Rada will vote to dismiss Andriy Kostin from the post of Prosecutor General. This was announced by MP Yaroslav Zheleznyak, "Komersant Ukrainian" reports
It should be noted that on October 28, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy registered a draft resolution in the Verkhovna Rada to give consent to the dismissal of Andriy Kostin from the post of Prosecutor General.
According to him, 14 members of the relevant committee voted in favor of Kostin’s resignation from the post of Prosecutor General
“Today we are considering it in the parliament. Without the appointment of a new one,” Zheleznyak said.
It should be noted that Prosecutor General of Ukraine Andriy Kostin resigned on October 22 after a high-profile scandal with the MSEC and fake disabilities of prosecutors in the regions.
It is known that Kostin announced this decision after a meeting of the National Security and Defense Council with the participation of the President, where they discussed the obviously immoral situation with fake disabilities of civil servants.
After Kostin’s resignation, the position of Prosecutor General of Ukraine became one of the most discussed in political circles. According to Kommersant Ukrainian 
, it is most likely that Ruslan Kravchenko, the head of the Kyiv Regional Military District Attorney’s Office, will be appointed to the post of head of the Prosecutor General’s Office. His candidacy for this position was approved by the Bankova Street back in May of this year.
Kravchenko is the favorite among all the other likely candidates to head the PGO, of which there are three in total.
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At the same time, two more candidates are also being considered for the position of the head of the Prosecutor General’s Office.
These are Oleh Kiper, head of the Odesa Regional Military District, and Iryna Mudra, deputy head of the Office of the President of Ukraine.
According to media reports, Kostin, who resigned on October 22, may be replaced by his first deputy, Oleksiy Khomenko.
What is known about Andriy Kostin
Kostin graduated from the Mechnikov Odesa State University with a degree in law. Deputy Chairman of the Presidium of the Odesa Regional Bar Association. Co-founder and member of the Board of the Odesa Diplomatic Club. Lawyer. Co-founder and director of Pravo Law Firm.
Since 2000, he has been a member of the International Bar Association (IBA). He served as Deputy Chairman of the Subcommittee on Land Transportation of the IBA Maritime and Transport Law Committee.
In 2010-2015, he was a deputy of the Odesa City Council in the district No. 23 from the Front of Changes party.
In 2012, he was elected as a member of the Bar Council of Odesa Region and later as the Deputy Chairman of the Council.
In 2013-2016, he was the Chairman of the International Relations Committee of the Ukrainian National Bar Association.
In 2019, he was elected as a Member of Parliament of the 9th convocation from the Servant of the People party, number 108 on the list as a non-partisan. He is a member of the faction of the same name. Since November 10, 2019, he has been a member of the party. Until January 14, 2020, he was the Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Legal Policy, and then the Chairman of the Committee.
In 2021, he participated in the competition for the position of the head of the SAPO, but did not pass the interview. on July 27, 2022, the Rada supported the appointment of Andriy Kostin as Prosecutor General of Ukraine. The decision was supported by 299 MPs.
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What scandals are associated with the name of Andrii Kostin?
According to the Open Register of National Public Figures of Ukraine, Kostin’s wife works as an assistant consultant to his colleague in the party, parliament and committee, Dyrdin, and Dyrdin’s wife works as an assistant consultant to Kostin. A similar “exchange” exists between the candidate and MP Zadorozhnyi: Kostin’s daughter works as an assistant consultant to the latter, and presumably Zadorozhnyi’s son works as an assistant consultant to Kostin. These are possible cases of nepotism (the use of official powers in the interests of close people).
According to the Skhemy project, Dyrdina’s wife, who is Kostin’s assistant, may also be involved in money laundering within the framework of the project of the former president Viktor Yanukovych to hold the Winter Olympics in Ukraine.
In 2019-2020, Andrii Kostin did not declare any residence in Kyiv, although, according to the Verkhovna Rada website, he received budgetary compensation for renting a house or renting a hotel room in the amount of about UAH 20 thousand per month. The place of residence of the candidate’s daughter, who has been working in Kyiv as an assistant consultant to another MP, a colleague from the Servant of the People faction, Andrii Zadorozhnyi, since 2019, is also not declared.
As the head of the Legal Policy Committee, Andrii Kostin was responsible for judicial reform in the parliament. However, it was during Kostin’s leadership of the committee that proper judicial reform was blocked, and the necessary legislative changes and proposals were distorted. In particular, the process of relaunching the HQCJ has stopped, leaving Ukraine short of about 2,000 judges. Instead of restarting the HCJ, it was strengthened. And the parliament continues to appoint judges of the Constitutional Court without introducing a transparent competition.
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