President signs bill on reform of prosecutor's office into law 17:45 23.09.2019
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday signed bill on reform of the prosecution bodies and re-certification of prosecutors into law (bill No.1032).
According to Verkhovna Rada website, "returned with president's signature on September 23, 2019" is written opposite the respective legislative initiative.
Verkhovna Rada Chairman Dmytro Razumkov signed the given document on September 23 as well.
The law provides for the creation of a new structure of prosecution authorities after the certification of prosecutors, the liquidation of military prosecutors, while providing the prosecutor general with the right, if necessary, to create specialized prosecutors with the rights of a structural unit of the Office of the Prosecutor General, regional prosecutors, and district prosecutors.
In the structure of prosecution authorities, area prosecutors will become regional, and local - district. The list and jurisdiction of the district prosecutors will be determined by the prosecutor general by order.
The law gives the Prosecutor General the authority to approve the development strategy of the prosecutor's office; a system for assessing the quality of work of prosecutors; the procedure for measuring and regulating the burden on prosecutors; the procedure for considering applications for improper execution by a public prosecutor in an administrative position of official duties.
