Justice Minister said about the need to eliminate the Pechersk District Court of Kyiv

Justice Minister Pavel Petrenko convinced that to cleanse the judiciary is necessary to limit the immunity of judges.

In addition Minister confident in the need to eliminate Kyiv Pechersk district court in which the judge handed down unjust decisions. This opinion was expressed by the Minister on Thursday, the TV channel ICTV.

He said that today there are a number of submissions to the High Council of Justice on the dismissal of judges and the General Prosecutor's Office began active steps to investigate criminal proceedings against those judges who were taking unjust decisions.

He recalled that the Verkhovna Rada adopted the Law "On the fair trial", which provides an opportunity to prosecute judges. "The second step would be to limit their immunity," - said the minister, adding that this is possible thanks to a common position on this issue to the President, Parliament and Government.

Petrenko said that the restriction of immunity should allow to prosecute those judges who commit crimes. "They can not be some kind of immunity from criminal offense."

He said: "Pechersk court is the personification of all the problems of justice, it is concentrated in one place. And I am convinced that this body should be eliminated. And now there is such power in the president under the new law