KIEV – Ukraine’s parliament voted on Tuesday to approve a presidential proposal to dismiss the General Prosecutor, criticised by deputies and activists for failing to roll out reforms and bring justice for those killed in last year’s “Euromaidan” revolution.Vitaliy Yarema was appointed last June after the toppling of Moscow-backed president Viktor Yanukovich following months of street protests.He has since faced criticism for the slow pace of investigations into alleged crimes of the Yanukovich era against protesters, over one hundred of whom were killed in clashes with riot police.”The unhealed wound of the Maidan hurts everyone, myself included,” Poroshenko told parliament …read more
Source: AsiaOne
