Ex-president of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych filed a lawsuit against the Verkhovna Rada. In it, the politician argues that the parliament does not have the authority to deprive him of the post of head of state, except through impeachment. This was announced on Friday, January 14, by the representative of the Rada in the Constitutional Court, Olga Sovgirya.
She recalled that the Verkhovna Rada removed Yanukovych from the presidency by adopting the relevant law.
“The constitutionality of this law was challenged in the Constitutional Court of Ukraine (CCU), however, in December 2019, the CCU closed the proceedings on this constitutional submission, noting that this dispute is not legal, is of a political nature, and therefore is not subject to the jurisdiction of the court,” she wrote in her Telegram channel.
According to Sovgiri, the court has already opened the case and appointed it for consideration in a simplified manner. At the same time, the hearing was not held and the parties were not summoned to court.
“That is, a court decision on this claim can be made at almost any moment,” she added.
The law depriving Yanukovych of the title of President of Ukraine came into force on June 18, 2015. The Rada voted for him on February 4, and on February 9 the document was sent for signature to President Petro Poroshenko.
At the end of 2013, protests began in the center of Kiev. The organizers accused Yanukovych of refusing to sign the Association Agreement with the EU. On February 20, 2014, a shooting took place on the Maidan, as a result of which 53 people were killed. Responsibility for what happened, the Ukrainian authorities laid on Yanukovych, who was then head of the country. On the night of February 22, Protestants captured the government quarter. Yanukovych was forced to leave Kiev.
At the end of January 2019, the Obolonsky District Court of Kyiv convicted Yanukovych in a case of treason, sentencing him in absentia to 13 years in prison.
Source: IZ
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