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The former head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, Andriy Bogdan, believes that now the PO is not calculating future steps. According to him, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy may have known in advance the intention of the Constitutional Court to declare criminal responsibility unconstitutional for inaccurate declaration.
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy may be aware of the intention of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine (CCU) to recognize a number of provisions in anti-corruption legislation as unconstitutional.
This opinion was expressed by the former head of the Office of the President (OP) Andriy Bogdan to Ukrainska Pravda in an interview published on November 4.
“I’m sure the president knew about this possible decision, his staff knew it too… You have special services that informed you with certainty that such a crime was being prepared. What was your reaction? None. What work was done? None. A criminal article if you know about the preparation of a crime and do not react, ”he said.
Bogdan believes the biggest problem is that the Office of the President “does not anticipate what the second step will be, it does not anticipate what will happen in a week.
“They have a planning horizon, this is the next broadcast day. And this is very, very bad. This will constantly lead to new consequences,” said the former OP chief.
Bogdan recalled that the president has a representative in the KSU.
“He could not help knowing. This is his job, he could not avoid warning about the threat. There are special services, there is the head of special services. It is impossible, there is no such option that they do not report,” said the former head of the Presidency.
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.
The same day 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.
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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