SBU begins the investigation "on the usurpation of power" by Yanukovych
The security service of Ukraine starts its investigative actions in criminal proceedings "on the usurpation of power" by former President Viktor Yanukovych.
"We begin investigations. We hope that with the help of the attorney General, the support of civil society and public active participants, experts of international law, I hope that all these will be eventually merged and discussed in an international court, " - said at a press conference on Thursday, the head investigator of SBU Vasily Vovk.
He said that a symptom of the usurpation of power by Yanukovych was the decision of the constitutional court of Ukraine in 2010 on the return to the Constitution of Ukraine of 1996, which expanded the range of possibilities of the President of Ukraine in comparison with effect as of the date of the election of Yanukovych as the Constitution of 2004. February 22 2014 Verkhovna Rada, taking advantage of the visit of Yanukovych in Kharkiv, to remove the President from power, changed the Constitution and called for early elections on may 25. Viktor Yanukovych was forced to leave Ukraine, fearing for his life. Chronicle of the revolution -