UKRAINIAN PROSECUTOR GENERAL PROMISES TO INVESTIGATE VIOLATIONS DURING PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS

KIEV, December 11 (RIA Novosti) - Ukrainian Prosecutor General Svyatoslav Piskun, who had resumed his post by the decree of Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma on Friday, stated in an interview with Channel 5 that he intended to conduct an investigation of violations during the presidential elections.

According to the Prosecutor General, he intends to ask Speaker of Ukrainian Parliament Vladimir Litvinov "a permission to work next Tuesday or Wednesday in parliament as regards accusations of human rights violations during the presidential elections."

"We will gather all statements and notices, analyze them and then take necessary legal measures. In some instances we might open criminal cases, in others we might reject the accusations. Those are normal procedures for the Prosecutor General's office," he said.

Moreover, in his opinion, parliament does not have to approve his nomination to the post again because it did it on July 4, 2002 and today the President simply reinstated him at the post.

Former Prosecutor General Gennady Vasilyev resigned on December 8, and on Thursday the Pechorsky district court reinstated Mr. Piskun as the Ukrainian Prosecutor General.