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Ukraine

Yushchenko Withdraws Nomination For Prosecutor-General

(RFE/RL)

31 October 2005 -- Ukraine's parliament speaker today said that President Viktor Yushchenko has withdrawn his recent nomination for the country's prosecutor general.

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October 31, 2005

Parliament speaker Volodymyr Lytvyn says Yushchenko retracted his nomination of Vasyl Prysyazhnyuk to the post. Yushchenko nominated Prysyazhnyuk, currently deputy prosecutor-general, for the position on 29 October.

Lytvyn gave no reason for the withdrawal.

Yushchenko sacked the previous prosecutor-general, Svyatoslav Piskun, earlier this month. Piskun has appealed his dismissal.

(Interfax/AFP/ITAR-TASS)

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