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Three to six months are allotted for the nomination and holding of competitions for the posts of judges of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine. This period may be affected by the situation with the spread of coronavirus infection, said Olga Sovgirya, representative of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine in the Constitutional Court.
The new composition of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine can be formed until mid-2021. In the Servant of the People party they say that there have already been situations in which crises had to be resolved precisely by political and legal decisions. This is stated in the material of the publication “RBC-Ukraine” “Battle for the Constitution: how the confrontation between Zelensky and the KSU will end”, which was published on November 2.
The representative of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine in the Constitutional Court Olga Sovgirya (people’s deputy of the “Servant of the People”) said that it is easy to calculate the terms after reading the law on the Constitutional Court.
“All the deadlines have been set: both the presentation of candidates and the holding of contests. This is from three to six months. But you have to bear in mind that, of course, COVID is making adjustments,” he explained.
The People’s Deputy admitted that the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky chose not a legal, but a political solution to the problem with the KSU, which carries certain risks for the future state.
“The situation not only has a legal side, but also a political one, of course, there is a risk, but no one expected the CCU to make such a decision, so there would be such a negative reaction from society, western states, international organizations who support Ukraine “- explained Sovgirya.
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 submit statements is an excessive punishment for committing such crimes.
The National Agency for the Prevention of Corruption (NAPC), in relation to the decision of the CCU, closed access to the registry of electronic returns and stopped their verification, storage and publication. The agency director called the KSU’s decision “a crushing defeat for anti-corruption reform.”
In addition, as a result of the blocking of the NAPK’s access to state records, the National Agency is unable to conduct a special verification of the statements of candidates for leadership positions in state bodies, therefore, the winners of local elections they cannot be appointed to their positions, the NAPK said.
KSU chief Alexander Tupitskiy said that NAPK “dispersed the situation,” KSU judge Igor Slidenko said the court’s decision did not foresee the need to close the registry.
After the meeting of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine in accordance with the order of the Cabinet of Ministers Open access NAPK to the registry of electronic returns.
October 29 Zelensky registered a bill in the Verkhovna Rada, who are invited to recognize the decision of the Constitutional Court as unlawful, deprive the entire composition of the court and appoint a new one, as well as ensure the continuity of anti-corruption legislation.
Representatives of the Council of Europe criticized Zelensky’s bill on October 31. In response, the National Agency for the Prevention of Corruption said that the Constitutional Court had violated the Constitution of Ukraine at least twice.
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