It has recently become clear that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky loves kleptocracy as much as his predecessor Petro Poroshenko.
Zelensky has consistently protected corrupt officials from prosecution and killed anti-corruption reforms. Now he and his inner circle have destroyed two of Ukraine’s most high-profile graft cases – against Zelensky’s deputy chief of staff Oleg Tatarov and Ukraine’s most corrupt judge Pavlo Vovk.
Now it has also become obvious that Zelensky is as much of an authoritarian ruler as Poroshenko and is using extrajudicial tools to crack down on critics and redistribute assets.
As the West is trying to help Ukraine amid a new escalation of Russia’s aggression, Zelensky is making the country sink even lower by protecting the corrupt and lawless status quo.
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Rada sends bill on amending Constitution on procedure for appointing, dismissing directors of NABU, SBI to Constitutional Court 3 min read
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine has sent to the Constitutional Court bill (No. 5133) amending the Constitution of Ukraine concerning the procedure for appointing and dismissing directors of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) and the State Bureau of Investigations (SBI) to obtain a conclusion on the compliance of the bill with the requirements of Articles 157 and 158 of the Constitution.
Some 267 parliamentarians voted for Resolution No. 5133-b on including the bill in the agenda and sending it to the Constitutional Court.
The bill proposes to amend Articles 85 and 106, according to which the parliament agrees to the president to appoint and dismiss the directors of NABU and SBI based on the results of a competitive selection.
The decision of the NSDC on sanctions against the TV channels 112 Ukraine, NewsOne, ZIK has been prepared for a long time and is legally completely flawless, the Supreme Court will not cancel it, representative of the President of Ukraine in the Constitutional Court (CC), MP from Servant of the People faction Fedir Venislavsky said.
Ukraine president signs decree to suspend constitutional court judge for two months Reuters 29/12/2020 By Ilya Zhegulev
KYIV, Dec 29 (Reuters) - Ukranian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy signed a decree on Tuesday to suspend the head of the Constitutional Court, Oleksandr Tupytskyi, for two months, escalating a conflict between the presidency and the court over reforms.
Ukrainian prosecutors had said on Monday they were investigating Tupytskyi in connection with the suspected bribery of a witness, and formally requested the president to suspend the judge. I am signing this decree in order to restore justice and resolve the constitutional crisis, Zelenskiy said in a statement.
Zelensky signs decree on dismissal of Tupytsky from post of Constitutional Court judge for two months 3 min read
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky signed a decree on the dismissal of Head of the Constitutional Court Oleksandr Tupytsky from the post of a judge of the Constitutional Court for a period of two months. I am signing this decree for the sake of restoring justice and resolving the constitutional crisis, Zelensky said on Tuesday evening.
According to the information, the decision was made after the specialists of the President s Office received and processed an appeal from the Prosecutor General s Office, signed by the acting Prosecutor General, to dismiss judge of the Constitutional Court Tupytsky from post for a period of two months.