Member of parliament Ihor Kononenko (L) speaks to his counterpart Yuriy Lutsenko during a session of parliament in Kiev, Ukraine, February 4, 2016. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko
KIEV (Reuters) - Ukrainian lawmakers on Thursday appointed a close ally of President Petro Poroshenko with no legal background as general prosecutor, a position seen by the West as crucial for Kiev's plans to tackle entrenched corruption.
To shouts of "shame" from some lawmakers, Poroshenko told parliament that his ally, Yuriy Lutsenko, a former interior minister and head of Poroshenko's parliamentary faction, would build public trust in the prosecution service.
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