Zelensky asks the Venice Commission to help with the Constitutional Court

The president asks the commission’s experts to help find a legal solution to the situation with the Constitutional Court.

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy appealed to the Venice Commission for its expertise in clarifying issues related to Constitutional Court decisions on anti-corruption legislation. According to the press service of the Office of the President, on Friday November 20 Zelensky discussed this issue with the president of VK Gianni Buquicchio.

It is observed that Buquicchio agreed that the solution to the constitutional crisis requires rapid action and must be based on the rule of law.

“It is necessary to develop mechanisms that permanently eliminate the possibility of any influence on the judges of the Constitutional Court and improve the procedures for the decision-making of the judges. It is important to restore public confidence in constitutional processes. This confidence up to now has been completely destroyed. ” solutions to the crisis, “Zelensky said.

The parties also discussed the need to draft laws to restore the punishment for the presentation of inaccurate information in the returns, ensuring the full work of NAPK and NABU.

On the other hand, we focus on the implementation of a comprehensive judicial reform, including the reform of the mechanism for selecting judges, as well as the Commission for High Qualification of Judges.

Interlocutors also agreed that the Law Reform Commission should receive an expert assessment from the Venice Commission and GRECO of all developments.

We will remember, on the eve of Zelensky discussing the Constitutional Court issue with the ambassadors of the G7 and the EU. He noted that the main task of the Ukrainian authorities was to ensure the continued activity of the anti-corruption bodies and to restore the functioning of the electronic declaration system.

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