09/07/2014 Daily Highlights by “Digests & Analytics Ukraine” News Agency
Ukraine
- General Prosecutor Mr. Yarema, stressed on the briefing at the General Prosecutor’s Office, that Maidan already reached obsolescence in its present form, and can be broken up by any means, including the use of force. At the moment, it doesn’t represent the people who were protesting there in winter, being rather a source of transgressions and homeless, as well as doesn’t serve anymore its initial purpose after the Presidential elections. Subjects hosted on Maidan are illegally seizing administrative and private buildings, as well as live asocial life. At the same time, Kyiv city mayor Mr. Klitschko express hope to reach compromise with Maidaners in order to avoid the forced dismantling.
- Office of General Prosecutor is getting ready to resume the Gongadze case and plan to submit cases of ex-president Viktor Yanukovych, and his associates, accused of peculation of funds and Maidan dispersal.
- Proposal of parliamentary immunity deprivation and criminal prosecution, will be soon submitted to Verkhovna Rada will be logged on depriving parliamentary immunity and criminal prosecution of the deputies, accused of terrorists and separatists support.
- Active Maidan participant, former General Manager of Microsoft Ukraine Mr. Shymkiv, has been appointed as Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration. He will be particularly in charge of administrative, social and economic reforms and cooperation with the Government, the Verkhovna Rada and the civil society, on related matters. .