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Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba expressed concern that Ukraine’s Constitutional Court may declare the anti-corruption court unconstitutional.
The decision of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine (CCU) on the recognition of criminal responsibility for inaccurate electronic declaration as incompatible with the Basic Law destroys the country’s anti-corruption infrastructure.
This was stated on October 30 in an interview with NV by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Dmitry Kuleba.
“Of course, nothing is perfect, and this anti-corruption infrastructure must also be improved. I think this issue is recognized in Ukrainian society. But the Constitutional Court simply destroyed this infrastructure,” the diplomat said.
According to him, there is a threat of further destruction.
“If we recall that the Constitutional Court is considering a presentation on the constitutionality of the anti-corruption court, and the opinions of the Constitutional Court are now quite clear, then, in fact, in the hands of the Constitutional Court it is now possible to simply dismantle the entire infrastructure anti-corruption in the state. This is unacceptable, “Kuleba said.
On October 27, the Constitutional Court annulled 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 omission to present statements is an excessive punishment for the commission of 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 Defense and National Security Council of Ukraine, in accordance with the order of the Cabinet of Ministers, NAPK opened access to the register of electronic declarations.
On October 29, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy registered a bill in the Verkhovna Rada, which aims to recognize the Constitutional Court’s decision as illegal, deprive the entire composition of the court and appoint a new one, as well as ensure the continuity of the anti-corruption legislation.
On October 31, Zelenskiy’s bill was criticized in the Council of Europe.
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