The Verkhovna Rada did not support bill No.4469 on amendments to some legislative acts concerning the activities of the General Prosecutor's Office and the State Bureau of Investigation, with the move not receiving the required 226 votes in two consecutive attempts on Tuesday, an UNIAN correspondent reported from the session hall.
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As reported, the current law On Prosecutor's Office says that a candidate for the post of a prosecutor general can only be a citizen of Ukraine with higher legal education and at least a 10-year experience in the field of law.
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The bill was not supported by the Radical Party, Batkivshchyna, Samopomich, and the Opposition Bloc.
