KIEV, Oct. 31 ??“ Former Prosecutor General Sviatoslav Piskun, who contests in court his dismissal by President Viktor Yushchenko, will push his case by suggesting he had been sacked while being sick, Piskun??™s lawyer said.

A Kiev court in Shevchenkivskiy district will hear the case of Piskun against the president on Nov. 8, according to a ruling by Judge Ihor Moroz on Monday.