President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky vetoed a law on the resumption of the activities of military prosecutors, which should have ensured the activities of the prosecutor's office in the war zone, which was registered in parliament before the Russian invasion and was adopted by the Verkhovna Rada on April 1.

According to the authors of the law, the purpose of the law is to improve the activities of the prosecutor's office in the conditions of war, and the restoration of the military prosecutor's office should "

However, President Zelensky, in his proposals, stated that the bill adopted by the deputies is not consistent with the conceptual framework for the activities and functions of the prosecutor's office, defined by the Constitution..

In particular, it is not allowed to delegate the functions of the prosecutor to other authorities, as provided for in the draft law No. 7058.

“The law does not take into account the fundamental principle of the division of state power in Ukraine into legislative, executive and judicial, and the tasks assigned by the Constitution to the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the nature and essence of military service,” the President stressed..

Recall that the activities of the military prosecutor's offices were abolished in 2019 as part of the reform of the prosecutor's office.. The reform of the military prosecutor's office involved its withdrawal from the structure of the Ministry of Defense and transfer to the Prosecutor General's Office in the form of the Chief Specialized Prosecutor's Office.