Tupytsky should continue to perform his duties, Zelensky immediately cancel his decree – Constitutional Court 2 min read
The Constitutional Court of Ukraine said that judge Oleksandr Tupytsky should continue to perform his official duties in accordance with the Constitution of Ukraine and the law of Ukraine on the Constitutional Court of Ukraine.
As the press service of the Constitutional Court said in a commentary on the presidential decree on the dismissal of Tupytsky, Zelensky acted beyond his constitutional powers and violated the provisions of Articles 1, 6, 8, 19, 106, 147, 149, and 153 of the Constitution of Ukraine. Thus, from a constitutional and legal point of view, decree of the President of Ukraine No. 607/2020 on the dismissal of a judge of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine dated December 29, 2020 is legally void and cannot be enforced, since it was issued by the President of Ukraine in excess of his constitutional authority and contradicts the constitut
Kiev: The head of Ukraine’s constitutional court is under investigation for witness tampering, prosecutors said Monday, spotlighting the ex-Soviet country’s uphill battle against endemic.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday temporarily removed the head of the country s constitutional court, in the latest fight in the country s battle against endemic graft.
The Prosecutor General s office asked Zelensky on Monday to remove Oleksandr Tupytsky after the judge was accused of witness tampering and ignored a police summons for questioning. I am signing this decree in order to restore justice and solve the constitutional crisis, Zelensky said in a decree Tuesday which removes Tupytsky from his position for two months.
The move came despite the constitutional court saying Monday that the temporary removal of its head would be unconstitutional.
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President Volodymyr Zelensky has suspended Oleksandr Tupytsky, Head of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine, for a period of two months. I am signing this decree for the sake of restoring justice and resolving Constitutional crisis, Volodymyr Zelensky stressed.
It is noted that the decision was made after the experts with the President s Office received and processed the motion filed by the Office of the Prosecutor General, signed by the acting prosecutor general, to suspend CCU Judge Oleksandr Tupytsky for a period of two months.
Deputy head of the President s Office Andriy Smirnov has noted that the motion was aimed at the execution of Art. 154 of the Criminal Procedure Code, which provides that officials appointed by President shall be removed from office at a prosecutor s request, and it s the President who makes such decisions.