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The people’s deputies are seeking the resignation of 11 judges of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine, who supported the decision to abolish some of the provisions of the anti-corruption laws.
The people’s deputies submitted a statement to the Constitutional Court of Ukraine asking the judges to resign voluntarily. This was reported on November 4 by the press service of the Sierva del Pueblo party.
The statement was signed by 226 popular deputies.
However, it is noted that it does not apply to all judges. The deputies intend to obtain the resignation of 11 judges of the Constitutional Court, who supported the decision to repeal some of the provisions of the anti-corruption laws.
“This is a political statement that aims to call 11 judges to resign voluntarily. So that they understand that the people’s deputies are subjects of legislative initiative delegated by society, that there is no confidence after such decisions in the judges,” he said the head of the “Servants of the People” parliamentary faction. “David Arahamia.
According to him, if the judges refuse to resign, the deputies will resort to a series of legislative initiatives aimed at preventing the adoption of Constitutional Court decisions that could destroy the anti-corruption infrastructure in Ukraine.
“The Constitutional Court should consider in its agenda the question of the constitutionality of the work of the Supreme Anti-Corruption Court. This may directly affect the suspension of the visa-free regime with the EU. The people of Ukraine will not forgive such decisions,” Arakhamia emphasized.
He also added that bills have already been drafted that will temporarily block the work of the KSU.
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 liability for declaring deliberately inaccurate data, as well as the deliberate failure to present statements is 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.”
KSU President Alexander Tupitskiy said that the NAPK especially “dispersed the situation.” KSU Judge Igor Slidenko said that the court’s decision did not foresee the need to close the registry.
October 29 nafter the NSDC meeting pursuant to Cabinet order Open access NAPK to the registry of electronic returns.
On the same day, the 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. In the profile committee of the Verkhovna Rada, the president’s bill was described as “an extremely effective educational weapon, but already for the total correction of the situation”, and they did not begin to consider it.
On November 2, the President of the Verkhovna Rada Dmytro Razumkov registered a bill on the renewal of certain provisions of the Law of Ukraine “To Prevent Corruption”. On November 3, the document was endorsed by the corresponding committee.
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