Where's Ukraine Headed? Watch Who Gets the Prosecutor's Job
- President's nomination to signal desire to fight corruption
- U.S. says issue will determine continued flow of financial aid
Newly appointed Government members (L) and Ukrainian MPs applaud to Ukraine's Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman (on tribune) during Parliament Session in Kiev on April 14, 2016. Ukraine's parliament on Thursday appointed pro-Western speaker Volodymyr Groysman as prime minister in a bid to end months of political gridlock and unlock vital aid to the war torn-state. / AFP / GENYA SAVILOV (Photo credit should read GENYA SAVILOV/AFP/Getty Images)
Photographer: Genya Savilov/AFP via Getty ImagesThe search for a new prime minister dominated headlines in Ukraine for weeks. But another personnel change is probably a more important indicator of where the country, Europe’s worst-ranked in global corruption indexes, is headed.
President Petro Poroshenko, who’s seen protege Volodymyr Hroisman take over as premier, must pick his third top prosecutor in two years after ditching ally Viktor Shokin for failing to deliver high-level corruption convictions. Reviled by voters and criticized by foreign donors, Shokin became an emblem of stalled reforms in the wake of demonstrations that ousted Ukraine’s Kremlin-backed leader in 2014.