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Verkhovna Rada people’s deputies called on the president of the Constitutional Court, Alexander Tupitsky, and nine other judges who voted on October 27 for the decision that canceled some of the anti-corruption rules, to immediately resign as judges of the Constitutional Court.
People’s deputies of the parliamentary factions and groups on November 3 at a meeting of the Verkhovna Rada asked the head of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine, Oleksandr Tupitsky, and the judges who supported the abolition of some of the anti-corruption rules to resign. The correspondent of the “GORDON” edition reports on this.
The people’s deputy from the Servant of the People faction, Alexander Bakumov, who read the statement, said that it had been signed by deputies from different factions and groups, but specified how many deputies were in question. Several dozen popular deputies took the podium at that time.
Reaffirming the dedication to the ideals and principles of democracy, the rule of law and the protection of human rights, given the extremely important role to be played by the Constitutional Court of Ukraine, highlighting the importance of ensuring public confidence in the UCC , […] The people’s deputies of Ukraine who signed this declaration note the importance of the work of the Constitutional Court, […] call on the CCU to take all necessary measures to restore its functioning, taking into account the European and Euro-Atlantic courses chosen by the Ukrainian state, “said Bakumov.
The People’s Deputy said that they decided to make a statement, taking into account the decision of the Constitutional Court №13 / 20-20 of October 27 “and its impact on a part of the anti-corruption legislation.”
It carries “far-reaching consequences” for Ukraine’s entire anti-corruption infrastructure and calls into question a number of the country’s international obligations, Bakumov stressed.
“The People’s Deputies summon the judges of the Constitutional Court, who supported the decision №13р / 20-20, namely: Alexander Tupitsky, Viktor Gorodevenko, Irina Zavgorodnaya, Alexandra Kasminina, Victor Krivenko, Alexandra Litvinova, Vladimir Moisik, Sergey Sas, Igor Slidenko, Petra Filyuka, Galina Yurovskaya renounce the powers of the judges of the Constitutional Court of their own free will or resign immediately ”, summarized the popular deputy.
On October 27, the Constitutional Court of Ukraine canceled some of the provisions of the anti-corruption laws and indicated that the establishment of criminal responsibility for declaring deliberately inaccurate data, as well as the deliberate failure to present statements, is an excessive punishment for committing such crimes. .
IN “Big seven” Y The European Union expressed concern about this decision. Ukraine’s ambassador to the EU, Mykola Tochitskiy, in a letter to Ukraine’s Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic integration, Olga Stefanishina, said that the CCU’s decision may lead to suspension of the visa-free regime with the European Union.
National Agency for the Prevention of Corruption (NAPK) in relation to the CCU’s decision October 28 It closed access to the electronic tax returns registry and stopped its verification, storage and publication. Head of agency Alexander Novikov He called the Constitutional Court’s decision “a crushing defeat for the anti-corruption reform.”
On October 29, after a 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 declarations.
On October 30, Tupitskiy said that the NAPK had deliberately “dispersed the situation”, KSU judge Igor Slidenko said the court’s decision did not foresee the need to close the registry.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky registered a bill in the Verkhovna Rada, who are invited to recognize the decision of the Constitutional Court as illegal, deprive the entire composition of the court and appoint a new one, as well as ensure the continuity of anti-corruption legislation. Tupitsky said that this pThe bill has indications of a constitutional coup and contradicts two articles of the Constitution of Ukraine.
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 November 2, in a meeting with the parliamentary fraction Servant of the People, the President urged support for the removal of the magistrates of the Constitutional Court.
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