Łukašenka appoints ex-chief investigator Hora as prosecutor general
December 23, Pozirk. Alaksandar Łukašenka has appointed Dźmitryj Hora, former head of the Investigative Committee, as new prosecutor general, his press office reports.
Kanstancin Byčak from the Committee for State Security’s (KGB) investigative department will take over as the Investigative Committee chief.
Łukašenka suggested that the new Prosecutor General expand his office’s role beyond anti-corruption efforts, taking on powers currently managed by the Belarusian Security Council.
During the appointment, he also stressed that the Prosecutor General’s office is “very seriously investigating the genocide of the Belarusian people.”
“We have already uncovered so many facts that it is difficult to find anything else, but those responsible must be held accountable. Whether they pay or not, they must know they owe us . . . They must understand that they have destroyed the republic,” he said, without specifying any further details.
Two years ago, Łukašenka signed a law to criminalize genocide denial, while officials and propaganda workers often try to pin genocide on opposition activists by calling them “fascists.”
Hora’s predecessor Andrej Švied personally contributed content by editing the “Genocide Against the Belarusian People During the Great Patriotic War” textbook for 5th graders, in which he accused voters who took to the street to protest election fraud in 2020 of using Nazi symbols.
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