Friday, March 27, 2009

President meets Justice Minister

President Victor Yushchenko held a meeting with Minister for Justice Mykola Onishchuk.

At the meeting Minister Onishchuk presented to President Yushchenko his report on preparation of the new edition of Criminal Procedural Code. Elaboration of the new code was required by the membership agreement between Ukraine and the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly.

PACE representatives will arrive in Kyiv tomorrow to examine the situation with elaboration of the new Procedural Code.

Other participants of the meeting were Deputy Chiefs of President’s Staff Maryna Stavniychuk, Ihor Pukshyn and Roman Bezsmertny.