KIEV: Is your prosecutor on drugs? That is what Ukraine would like to know under a new and unlikely initiative launched on Wednesday by the head of the office instituting legal proceedings.
The reform-minded Prosecutor General Yuriy Lutsenko believes there is a strong case to be made for comprehensive drug-testing in his profession.
The 52-year-old veteran of the former Soviet republic’s brutal politics held a meeting with his underlings during which he instructed them to check all prosecutors’ hair and even nails for any illegal substances.
“I understand that this has not been earmarked into our budget,” Ukrainian media quoted Lutsenko as saying.
“However, …read more
Source: The News International
