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The National Agency for the Prevention of Corruption will be able to verify the statements, even from the judges of the Constitutional Court, said President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy thanked parliament for restoring the powers of the National Agency for the Prevention of Corruption. He said this during a video message posted on Facebook on December 18.
“I want to thank the deputies of the Servant of the People and other parties. In addition to the budget, several important laws were passed this week. In particular, the powers of the NAPC were restored. No matter how hard a very famous court tried, the NAPK will be able to verify the statements, including judges and judges. The Constitutional Court and, consequently, no one can escape responsibility for lies and illegal enrichment. It is good that the parliament quickly corrected the situation, in fact the quote from the well-known classic proved, Mr. [главы КСУ Александра] Tupitsky: “Everything can happen quickly and quickly,” said the president.
On October 27, 2020, the Constitutional Court of Ukraine canceled some of the provisions of the anti-corruption laws and indicated that the establishment of criminal liability for declaring deliberately inaccurate data, as well as the deliberate failure to present statements, is an excessive punishment for committing such crimes.
Following the decision of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine, a constitutional crisis began. The National Agency for the Prevention of Corruption (NAPC), in relation to the decision of the CCU of October 28, closed access to the registry of electronic returns and stopped their verification, storage and publication. The agency’s director, Alexander Novikov, called the CCU’s decision “a crushing defeat for anti-corruption reform.”
KSU chief Alexander Tupitskiy said that the NAPK especially “dispersed the situation”, KSU judge Igor Slidenko said the court’s decision did not foresee the need to close the registry.
On October 29, after the meeting of the Security and National Defense Council, in compliance with the order of the Cabinet of Ministers, NAPK opened access to the registry of electronic returns.
On October 29, Zelensky registered in the Verkhovna Rada the bill No. 4288, which proposes to recognize the decision of the Constitutional Court as illegal, to deprive the entire composition of the court and to appoint a new one, as well as to ensure the continuity of the legislation anti-corruption. Tupitsky said that this bill has signs of a constitutional coup and is contrary to the Constitution.
Representatives of the Council of Europe criticized Zelensky’s bill on October 31. In response, the NAPC declared that the Constitutional Court violated the Constitution of Ukraine at least twice. On December 9, Zelenskiy urged the Rada not to consider his bill until the decision of the Venice Commission.
On December 15, the Verkhovna Rada adopted a law restoring the powers of the NAPK. As stated by the head of the parliament’s anti-corruption commission, popular deputy of the “Servant of the people” Anastasia Radina, document in line with the recently released the conclusion of the Venice Commission… It restores those powers of the NAPC, regarding which the CCU did not give a legal position regarding their unconstitutionality. In addition, the Rada adopted another law that establishes characteristics of the development of a protocol on administrative offenses against judges.
The KSU consists of 18 judges, six of whom are appointed by the President of Ukraine, the Rada and the Congress of Judges of Ukraine. Currently 15 judges work in the department. Of the three vacant posts, two are appointed by the Verkhovna Rada quota. These vacancies have not been filled for about a year, Tupitsky said. At a meeting on November 6, the parliament was unable to appoint judges according to their quota.
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