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In general, the Venice Commission positively evaluated the bill on the judicial system and the status of judges No. 3711, presented to the Verkhovna Rada by the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, but with some comments. The experts pointed out the need to fill around 2,000 vacancies for judges.
This is stated in the report of the Venice Commission.
Bill No. 3711, which provides for the improvement of procedures for the formation and functioning of judicial authorities, is part of the steps in the right direction, the commission said.
“A serious problem facing Ukraine’s legal procedures is a large number of unfilled vacancies in judicial positions. This is due to the inaction of the High Qualification Commission of Judges. The question of the balance of the Supreme Court staff remains unresolved, “the Venice Commission said.
Experts recommend solving the issue of integrity and ethics in the activities of the members of the High Qualifications Commission, which is not taken into account in the bill. They also stressed that the new Commission of Highly Qualified Magistrates should enjoy full independence in its activities.
Recall, Volodymyr Zelenskyy proposed to the Verkhovna Rada to change its judicial reform, which the Constitutional Court considered incompatible with the Basic Law.
Before this, the head of the legal policy committee, the people’s deputy Andriy Kostin, said that the problem with two Supreme Courts in Ukraine can be solved by uniting each other.
RBC-Ukraine wrote that the CCU recognized the provisions of Zelensky’s judicial reform as unconstitutional, in particular, it was recognized as unconstitutional, including the reduction in the number of Supreme Court justices from 200 to 100.
