The newly appointed Deputy Prosecutor General of Ukraine, Valentyna Telychenko, who is responsible for the office reform, announced that there will be mass lay-offs of the staff, starting with those that have taken bribes.  

"We want to have a Prosecutor’s Office of the European standard…Salary is a very important element of the reforms but first of all the Prosecutor’s Offices need to get rid of those who have shamed it in the eyes of society. By that, I mean, non-professionals who are living beyond their income and if there is reason to believe that they are taking bribes or any type of corruption, then they should not be able to keep their jobs. Lutsenko’s new team will quickly show them their workplaces. Of course, there will be many lay-offs," Telychenko told Channel 5 on the 3^rd of June.

She predicts that there will be hundreds of vacancies and new staff recruitment and it doesn’t matter whether "a new employee is a person in or outside the system."

According to Telychenko, it is important to develop criteria that will create an increase in professional and honest employees in the Prosecutor’s Office.

  Ukraine

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