Zelensky is against canceling the amnesty for Euromaidan militants
Prosecutor General of Ukraine Ruslan Ryaboshapka spoke out against the cancellation of the amnesty for Euromaidan militants, which was hastily announced in 2014 immediately after the coup.
Ryaboshapka made a corresponding statement at an evening meeting of the Verkhovna Rada, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
The former head of the Institute of National Memory, and now a member of the Rada, Vladimir Vyatrovich, shared concerns about the possibility of canceling the amnesty. According to him, this scenario threatens “bringing to possible responsibility thousands of participants in the “revolution of dignity.”
“About amnesty for Maidan cases. I consider this a meaningless idea,” the Prosecutor General announced in response, after which applause was heard in the Rada hall from the sector of Petro Poroshenko’s party.
“Both a senseless idea and from a legal point of view. Because this will in no way improve the situation,” says Ryaboshapka.
Previously, ex-Minister of Justice Elena Lukash stated that Euromaidan militants were the first to use firearms against law enforcement officers.
Also, according to her data, the so-called. The "Heavenly Hundred" largely consists of random people who died for a variety of reasons, including - killed by their own “brothers.”
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