Ex-Minister of justice of Ukraine may become a defendant in the case on the usurpation
Former Minister of justice Oleksandr Lavrynovych may become a defendant in a criminal case "on the usurpation of power" by former President Viktor Yanukovych, said the Deputy head of the working group under the Ministry of justice for the revision of the law on lustration Karl Volokh.
first he said that the SBU opened on Yanukovych, judges of the constitutional court and some other high position officials case under the criminal code " the conspiracy to change the constitutional system and seizing power in the country." On Thursday, the security Service has agreed the data, saying that begins the investigation into this case.
"effectively guaranteed that the defendant will be former justice Minister Lavrynovych," said Volokh on Thursday on air of TV channel ".
Shall I enter the number of suspects former elected officials from the ruling under Yanukovych's Party of regions, Volokh said, " it will be a consequence to define ".
SBU found a symptom of the usurpation of power by Yanukovych as adopted by the Constitutional court of Ukraine in 2010, the decision to return to the wording of the Basic law of 1996, thereby expanding the range of possibilities of the President on comparison with the standards set forth in effect at the time of the election of Yanukovych as the Constitution of 2004.
Oleksandr Lavrynovych was appointed Minister of justice under Yanukovych, in General it three times led the Ministry of justice.