The CPU has filed a lawsuit against Ukraine for prohibition of the party to participate in elections

The Communist party of Ukraine (CPU) filed a lawsuit against Ukraine to the European court of human rights because of the decision of the Ministry of justice to impose a ban on her to participate in the elections.

the Ministry of justice of Ukraine in July announced its decision to deny the Communist party the right to participate in elections at all levels. So, the Communists were unable to vote in local elections on October 25. The Communist party called the ban an attempt to deny voters an alternative to the existing authorities. Later, the Communist party challenged in court the decision of the justice Ministry, but the Ukrainian court did not want to cancel it.

"Dependent Ukrainian courts and the Ministry of justice, did not want to restore the legitimate rights of the Communists to the will. For this reason, guided by the norms of international law, the Communist party of Ukraine forced to turn to the European court of human rights to restore justice " - said on the last working day of the week on the Internet representation of the party.

As before stated, the order of the Minister of justice Pavel Petrenko based on the decision of the Commission under the Ministry of justice, which declared the Communist party of Ukraine does not correspond to the second part of article 3 and article 4 of the law of Ukraine "about the condemnation of the Communist and national socialist (Nazi) totalitarian regimes in Ukraine and the prohibition of imposing their symbolism" (decommunization).

before the Communist party filed to the Ministry of justice four lawsuits: two lawsuits about the illegality of decisions of the authority Under 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 the failure of the party regulations, what exactly the party does not conform to the " law on decommunization ", and confirming that no check of this Law. Later, the court consolidated these lawsuits into a single case.


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