Constitutional Court Judges Must Resign

We call for the immediate voluntary resignation of all judges of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine (CCU) who supported the dismantling of the anti-corruption reform in Ukraine.

They are: Oleksandr Mykolaiovych Tupytskyi, Viktor Valentynovych Horodovenko, Iryna Mykolaivna Zavhorodnia, Oleksandr Volodymyrovych Kasminin, Viktor Vasylovych Kryvenko, Oleksandr Mykolaiovych Lytvynov, Volodymyr Romanovych Moisyk, Serhii Volodymyrovych Sas, Ihor Dmytrovych Slidenko (filed a letter of resignation), Petro Todosiovych Filiuk, Halyna Valentynivna Yurovska.

Corruption is recognized as one of the threats to national security. Legislative norms which were declared unconstitutional by the decision of the CCU formed the basis of the anti-corruption system. We are outraged by this decision, as it significantly harms the country’s reputation and turns the vector of its development around. With their decision, the judges infringed on Ukraine’s strategic course towards the EU and NATO, which is set forth in the Constitution of Ukraine and which we achieved after the Revolution of Dignity.

Making this heinous decision, the CCU judges exceeded their powers and issued the decision in the situation of a conflict of interest. The consequences of this decision are irreversible, with over 100 cases considered by the High Anti-Corruption Court and investigated by the National Anti-Corruption Bureau closed. The perpetrators will not be punished. By violating its international commitments under agreements with the IMF, the EU and other international partners, Ukraine risks losing the external financial support that it desperately needs during the ongoing crisis.

In addition to the damage already caused by the judges, now, laws on the language, on the land reform, on the High Anti-Corruption Court and on the Deposit Guarantee Fund are similarly under threat. Petitions about them are already on the CCU agenda, and decisions may be issued very soon.

We are tired of dishonest judges and illegal decisions that are not based on the rule of law and justice. That is why we call on the judges of the Constitutional Court to resign voluntarily.

Transparency International Ukraine

Automaidan

Anti-Corruption Headquarters

Center for Public Monitoring and Research

DEJURE Foundation

Anti-Corruption Research and Education Centre (ACREC)

CSO Public Television of Svitlovodsk

CSO Kremenchuk Anti-Corruption Center

CHESNO movement

CSO Kryvyi Rih Investigation Center

CSO Center for Economic Strategy

CSO Together Against Corruption

CSO Agency for Urban Initiatives

CSO Unity and Development

Agency for Legislative Initiatives

Ukrainian School of Political Studies

CSO Agency of Efficient Solutions

Independent Defense Anti-Corruption Committee (NAKO)

Institute of Analysis and Advocacy

CSO Association of Political Studies

Exampei Center for Ukrainian Politics

CSO Analytical Advocacy Center

Lviv Regulatory Hub

Institute of Legislative Ideas

100% Life Kyiv region

CSO Mykolaiv Center for Journalist Investigations

CSO Ninth Pole

CSO Women’s Anti-Corruption Movement

CSO Center for Political Studies

CSO Electronic Democracy

Ukrainian Arbitration Association

YouControl

CSO Zaporizhzhia Investigation Center

CSO Kharkiv Anti-Corruption Center

Anti-Corruption Action Center

100% Life Charity Fund

CSO Center for Media Research Prozoro

Public Control Platform

August Virlich Foundation

ZMINA Human Rights Center

Center for Public Monitoring and Analysis

Public Oversight Council under the National Anti-Corruption Bureau

Public Council at the National Agency on Corruption Prevention

Quelle: Transparency International Ukraine, 04.11.2020, https://ti-ukraine.org/en/news/constitutional-court-judges-must-resign/.