The Prosecutor General's Office of Ukraine demands his detention. The petition will be considered by the Pechersk District Court of Kyiv.

On Wednesday, September 13, Lavrynovych told journalists after visiting the Prosecutor General's Office in connection with the investigation of the case of participation in the seizure of state power in 2010. He explained that he had been given a copy of the petition, which means that on Thursday in the Pechersk court the court will consider on which day this matter will be brought up for consideration. Moreover, the article that the investigation charges me, does not provide for another preventive measure, except for the arrest, including an alternative in the form of a pledge, "explained the former minister, adding that the GPU understanding this decided that if I give testimonies that they want , then I will be free.

But for me the truth, legality and honor is much more important than the issue of being at large, "Lavrynovych assured..

Recall, the Constitutional Court of Ukraine returned the country to the presidential-parliamentary form of government, thereby giving the president some of the lost powers. The decision of the Constitutional Court effectively put into effect the 1996 Constitution.

On October 1, 2010, the text of the "new Constitution" was published in the special issue of the bulletin "Official Gazette of Ukraine".

As reported URA-Inform, September 6, 2017 Attorney General of Ukraine Yuriy Lutsenko said that the former President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych and former Minister of Justice Alexander Lavrynovych reported on suspicion of seizing together with other persons of state power in Ukraine through a constitutional coup in 2010.