The district administrative court of Kiev refused to satisfy the claim of the Communist party of Ukraine (KPU) to the Ministry of justice, said on Thursday the press-service of the court.

before the Ministry of justice of Ukraine in Accordance with "regulation on the de -" decided to deprive the Communist party of the rights to be the subject of political and electoral processes. Thus the conclusion about the deprivation of their legal status, is obliged to take the court. The Communist party filed four lawsuits: two lawsuits regarding illegal decisions of the Ministry of justice, According to which the party recognized as not conforming to " the law of decommunization ", and two lawsuits against the inactivity of the Agency. The inactivity of the Ministry of justice, in the opinion of the Communist party, is that the political party has not provided instructions, what the CPU is not consistent with the " law of decommunization ", and not conducted a review of the act. Later, the court consolidated these lawsuits into a single case.

"District administrative court of Kyiv refused party of Ukraine in satisfaction of the claim to the Ministry of justice of Ukraine ", - is informed in the report.

in a press-service of the court emphasized that the claim of the Communist party tried to oblige the justice Department to conduct an examination of the " law of decommunization ", checking for congruence with the requirements of the Convention for the protection of human rights, and also to recognize illegal and to cancel the decree " about the condemnation of the Communist and Nazi regimes ".

The law "about the condemnation of the Communist and Nazi regimes" prohibiting propaganda of Soviet symbols, came to Ukraine in force at the end of may. The parties were given a month to bring their statutes in congruence with the legislative act. The Communist party of Ukraine decided not to change the name and program of the party as required hereunder.

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