The Office of the Prosecutor General officially stated that the information regarding the preparation of suspicion for treason against one of the members of parliament is not true. The office emphasized that there is currently no evidence that would justify such a procedural decision.
This is reported by Kyiv24
Prosecutor’s Statement on Media Rumors
“The circulated claims about an allegedly prepared or agreed suspicion against a member of parliament under the article ‘treason’, which the SBU and the OGP supposedly intended to serve, are not true. Currently, there is no evidence that could serve as a basis for such a procedural decision. The situation regarding other individuals mentioned in the material, including heads of other law enforcement agencies, is similar,” the prosecutor’s office stated.
The statement from the Office of the Prosecutor General notes that decisions regarding suspicion can only be made when there are legally confirmed grounds and strictly within the framework of the law. The office also urged the media to refrain from spreading unverified rumors and information from one-sided sources that could mislead the public.
Response from the SBU and Investigation in the Case
Although the prosecutor’s statement does not name a specific deputy, the circumstances suggest that it refers to the head of the “Servant of the People” faction, Davyd Arahamiya. His name is mentioned in a journalistic investigation published on November 24.
The press service of the Security Service of Ukraine also denied intentions to inform Davyd Arahamiya of suspicion, as well as the head of the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office, Oleksandr Klymenko. The SBU noted that the service’s investigators do not have the authority to inform current members of parliament of suspicion.
According to the journalistic investigation, the Office of the President allegedly considered the possibility of initiating suspicion against Arahamiya in connection with the publication of the so-called “Mindycha tapes,” which are involved in cases by the National Anti-Corruption Bureau regarding possible abuses in the energy sector.
Additionally, citing sources, it has been reported that after a meeting between President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky and the heads of NABU and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office, the head of the President’s Office, Andriy Yermak, allegedly instructed law enforcement to prepare suspicion against the head of SAP Oleksandr Klymenko. However, neither Yermak, nor Arahamiya, nor SAP publicly commented on these reports.