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Ukrainian Prosecutor General Yuriy Lutsenko has submitted a motion to the Qualification and Disciplinary Commission of Public Prosecutors to sack Chief of the Specialized Anti-corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAPO) Nazar Kholodnytsky.

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"In the framework of criminal proceedings, which are investigated by a joint group of the Prosecutor General's Office and the National Anti-corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) on the facts obtained during the investigation, which are declassified as required, the Qualification and Disciplinary Commission of Public Prosecutors has received disciplinary complaints with the signatures of the prosecutor general and the NABU chief on disciplinary offenses committed by Kholodnytsky," Lutsenko wrote on Facebook on Friday, March 30.

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"In my motion, I ask the commission to consider the dismissal of Nazar Kholodnytsky as Deputy Prosecutor General, SAPO's head," he said.

As UNIAN reported earlier, Ukrainian Prosecutor General Yuriy Lutsenko confirmed investigative actions against SAPO Chief Kholodnytsky.