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Earlier, a commentary released on the CCU website branded the president s decree to suspend their chief judge as illegitimate.
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The Constitutional Court, represented by its legal department and secretariat, has no right to recognize decrees as null and void or unconstitutional, Parliament s Envoy to the CCU, Olha Sovhyria, said on Tuesday. For me, as a lawyer, this is a wild situation where the legal department of the secretariat allows itself to recognize decrees or anything else as unconstitutional, Sovhyria told Ukraine 24.
President s Representative in the CCU, Fedir Venislavsky, shares this opinion, saying the comment by the court s legal department entails no legal consequences.
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The president s team and the Constitutional Court have been trading barbs over Zelensky s move to suspend the chief judge pending criminal investigation.
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Any statements posted on the website of the Constitutional Court, on which the court made no decisions, are legally null and void, says the President s Office. Regarding the latest statements by the Secretariat of the Constitutional Court. The Law of Ukraine On the Constitutional Court of Ukraine , the Rules of the Constitutional Court, and the Regulations on the official website of the Constitutional Court clearly define what information can be posted on the website of the Constitutional Court, the President s Office elaborated on its Telegram channel.
18:00, 30.12.20 Politics 463 Meddling in the operations of the judiciary could entail criminal liability, the court s harsh statement says.
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That s according to a commentary released by the CCU Secretariat s Legal Department. The decree, issued by President of Ukraine, is not based on the Constitution of Ukraine, and does not correspond to it. The powers of President of Ukraine are determined exclusively by the Basic Law of Ukraine, the commentary says.
Read alsoZelensky: In 2021, Ukraine to launch major judicial reformAt the same time, it is noted that the Constitution does not endow the President with the right to suspend a judge of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine. Moreover, the Constitution has laid down no possibility for suspending a CCU judge whatsoever, the Constitutional Court stressed.