A court in Ukraine ordered Kovalsky to open a criminal case against Arahamia.

The Supreme Anti-Corruption Court of Ukraine (HACC) has ordered Acting Prosecutor General Anton Kovalsky to open a case against the head of the Servant of the People faction, David Arahamia. This was announced on November 4 by the press service of the Anti-Corruption Center.

"WAX instructed Acting Prosecutor General Kovalsky to open a case against Arahamia," the Telegram channel said in a statement.

It is specified that on October 19, the organization AntAC (Anti-Corruption Action Center) submitted a statement on the likely distribution of "envelopes" of Arachamy among deputies for voting. Kovalsky said that the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) is already conducting an investigation, and forwarded the application there. However, only the Prosecutor General can open a case against a people's deputy. NABU has confirmed that the Bureau cannot investigate Arachamia without registration.

Investigating judge Markian Halabala granted AntAC's complaint about Kowalski's inaction. Now he must add information about a possible crime by the head of the Servant of the People faction to the Unified Register of Preliminary Investigations.

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