Ukraine's High Council of Justice has
recommended that 21 judges be dismissed for breaking their oath when issuing
court rulings with regard to Euromaidan activists, council head Ihor Benedysiuk
told reporters in Kyiv on Tuesday.
"Of the 41 conclusions that have already
been received by the High Council of Justice [from the provisional specialized
commission in charge of inspecting judges], 29 conclusions have already been
considered. We have recommended that 21 judges be dismissed for violating their
oath," he said.
"The president's decision to dismiss four
judges came as a follow-up to the decision adopted by the High Council of
Justice… Three judges were dismissed for illegal decisions with regard to
Euromaidan activists. The fourth one is Kiryeyev," he said when commenting
on the president's decision to dismiss these judges.
"Such decisions will be implemented far
more promptly if parliament finds the political will to vote in favor of the
appropriate changes to the Constitution," he added.
It was reported that on January 18, Ukrainian
President Petro Poroshenko dismissed four judges, among them Kyiv's Pechersky
District Court Judge Rodion Kiryeyev, who had convicted the country's former
Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko as part of the 'gas case'.
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