The Venice Commission has supported Ukraine prepared the project of changes in Constitution on judicial reform, said the head of the Ministry of justice of Ukraine Pavel Petrenko. "right now, the Venice Commission endorsed the advice of the judicial reform, and, among other things, has allowed the Ukrainian government to restart the judicial system through the formation of new vessels and the recruitment of judges," wrote Petrenko on his page on Facebook. As informs TV channel " 112 ", Deputy head of the presidential administration of Ukraine Oleksiy Filatov has confirmed the letter Petrenko. For example, the Venice Commission endorsed the abolition of the probationary period for judges, the abolition of "breach of oath" As grounds for dismissal of judges, the introduction of competitive procedures in the appointment of judges, formation of the High Council of justice so that the overwhelming majority were judges elected by judges, the reform of the Prosecutor's office and to guarantee its independence (primarily because the deprivation of the Verkhovna Rada powers by the expression of distrust to the Prosecutor General), as well as the deprivation of the Prosecutor's powers of General supervision, the introduction of Constitutional complaint and the like. The Venice Commission welcomes that, following its recommendations, the developers of the bill seized the range of capabilities of the Verkhovna Rada on the appointment, and the President about dismissal of judges and passed them on to the High Council of justice. At the same time, the Venice Commission makes recommendations clearly indicate that the Supreme Council of justice has a range of capabilities for the transfer of judges and their promotion, even though the leader may transition have a role in this process for reasons of national security. Also, the Venice Commission emphasizes that Only " serious disciplinary offences have the possibility to result in the dismissal of judges of the constitutional court ". The Venice Commission said that the dismissal of all judges Except in exceptional cases, such As the correction of the constitutional order, does not comply with European standards and the rule of law. At the same time, it considers the possible updating of the judiciary through the mechanisms of changes in the structure of individual courts and evaluation of all the judges on their compliance with the criteria of professionalism, ethics and virtue, which coincides with the position of the Constitutional Commission. It is expected that judicial reform will involve a full reboot of the existing court system by creating a three-tier system of courts. According to this system, a large proportion of cases will be to consider the local courts. The second link is defined appellate courts, the third the Supreme court. In addition, According to the Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk, it is assumed the dismissal of 9 thousand Judges.
sections: Politics |