With most of the world currently peering through the
looking glass at events in Washington DC and the inverted views to be seen,
something worthy of note occurred in Ukraine.
Former President
Yanukovych will stand trail for treason – in absentia.
On 21st January,
Judge Tarasyuk satisfied the motion of the Military Prosecutor put before
her at Pechersk Court in Kyiv.
Unfortunately it is only
for treason that Viktor Yanukovych will be tried in absentia, and not for his vastly enriching criminality whilst
in office which may yet raise issues over currently frozen assets returning to
Ukraine – or not.
Nevertheless, hopefully the diplomatic corps and
journalists alike will pay close attention to the daily proceedings once they
begin a few weeks hence.
It is important that
this case and the due process is properly witnessed – for in absentia proceedings within a judicial system as notoriously
poor as that of Ukraine are demanding of special attention and rigorous
scrutiny if any de jure verdict is to have any de facto evidence based and procedural legitimacy in the
perceptions of the on-looking domestic and international constituencies.
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