Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has stressed the need to strip judges
in Ukraine of immunity, according to an UNIAN correspondent.
"Judges enjoy immunity while you're investigating corruption in the
judicial system, and it takes months or years to investigate. Unfortunately,
this is common practice now: they're hiding from the police, we put them on the
international wanted list, and the cases remain unsolved," Poroshenko said
at a meeting with National Anti-Corruption Bureau personnel on Tuesday.
He insists that judges must be brought to justice if they commit corruption
crimes.
"We need to eliminate judicial immunity. They should not be held
liable only for the decisions they take, but [should be punished] for the
bribes they take – excuse me," Poroshenko said.
As UNIAN reported earlier, the Verkhovna Rada on February 2 preliminarily
approved a draft law on judiciary-related amendments to the Constitution of Ukraine.
The amendments, among other things, provide for the abolition of judges'
immunity.
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