Yesterday, the Prosecutor General of Ukraine Andriy Kostin resigned amid a large-scale scandal over the illegal registration of incapacity by prosecutors in the Khmelnytskyi region. The reason for the resignation was the publicity surrounding the investigation, which revealed that 49 prosecutors in the region, including the head of the regional prosecutor's office, Oleksiy Oliynyk, received second-group disability, which raised doubts about the fictitiousness of this diagnosis.
But it is worth recalling that rumors about his dismissal have been circulating since the spring.
At that time, the main reason for the upcoming resignation was the scandals related to Kostin's frequent absence from Ukraine. The media reported that the Prosecutor General spent many days on foreign business trips, the lion's share of which fell on the United States, where his family lives.
According to sources, initially the most likely successor to Kostin was
Oleg Kiper, a former prosecutor of Kyiv and current head of the Odessa Military Administration, who is close to the President's Office.
It was also possible that for some time after Kostin's resignation, his current first deputy, Oleksiy Khomenko, would be the acting prosecutor general.
But these were the schedules as of the spring of this year.
We will see in the near future what the disposition will be after the parliament approves Kostin's resignation.
