KIEV, June 1 ??“ Ukraine??™s Prosecutor General??™s Office and the Central Election Commission were reshuffled on Friday following a political deal between President Viktor Yushchenko and Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych.

The reshuffle brings in loyalists of Yushchenko and Yanukovych to both agencies, a step considered instrumental for ensuring that the early election takes place on Sept. 30 and is not contested by rivals.

Yushchenko reinstated Oleksandr Medvedko, a Yanukovych loyalist, as prosecutor general, replacing Sviatoslav Piskun. Viktor Shemchuk, a Yushchenko loyalist, was appointed as the first deputy prosecutor general who will supervise the investigations department.

The deal ends two weeks of hostility as both parties sought to keep control over the law enforcement agency exclusively in their own hands. Yushchenko was unhappy with Piskun because he had failed to enforce implementation of his decree dissolving Parliament.

Meanwhile, the deal also included reshuffle of the Central Election Commission, the 15-member body that is authorized to announce results of the election.

Volodymyr Shapoval, Yushchenko??™s representative in the Constitutional Court, was appointed head of the commission. Tetiana Lukash, a Yanukovych loyalist, was appointed the secretary of the commission. (nr/ez)