KIEV, June 1 (RIA Novosti) - Ukraine's prime minister will nominate his choice to be the country's top prosecutor Friday, a lawmaker with his Party of Regions said.
Viktor Yanukovych's nominee is Oleksandr Medvedko, who served as Prosecutor General from 2005 until late April 2006, Hanna German said.
Following a court ruling, President Viktor Yushchenko dismissed Medvedko April 27 and appointed Svyatoslav Piskun as Prosecutor General by decree.
On May 24, Yushchenko recalled the April 27 decree, dismissing Piskun, and issued a new decree appointing former Crimea prosecutor Viktor Shemchuk to his post. The Party of Regions-dominated parliament, however, was adjourned, so that Yushchenko failed to have Shemchuk approved by the lawmakers.
A final court ruling on the legality of president's May 24 decrees is still pending.
