The decision of the Parliament to deprive Viktor Yanukovych the title of President of Ukraine has no legal basis, told reporters on Wednesday, the head of the state Duma's CIS Affairs, Eurasian integration And relations with compatriots Leonid Slutsky.

Happy Wednesday approved a law on deprivation of Yanukovych's the title of President. According to the Ukrainian Constitution, the title of President of Ukraine is protected legislative act And retain them for life, if only the President was not otronen the performance of their duties on impeachment. Regarding Viktor Yanukovych, this procedure was not applied. Elected officials realized that the Decision to strip him of the title was political.

"The decision does not have any legal basis, As the impeachment proceedings regarding Yanukovych was never carried out. In fact Yanukovych has ceased to be the President of Ukraine a year earlier at the end of an armed coup d'etat, which was actively supported by the West, " said the people's choice.

As recalled Slutsky, Yanukovych was overthrown as a result of the illegitimate seizure of power, bypassing agreements dated 21 February 2014 And was forced to leave the country under the threat of physical violence from the crowd of nationalists, without any trial or investigation.

"So Pleased with their decision found that Yanukovych unconstitutional method withdrew from the execution of the powers of the President of Ukraine, to put it mildly, not true. And her conclusion about deprivation Yanukovych the title of President is highly questionable from a legal point of view, However, As most of the decisions adopted laws in the last year overseas curating ", - said the head of the Duma's Department.

Yanukovych was elected President of Ukraine on February 25, 2010 for a five-year period. However, on 22 February 2014 in the country there was a coup d'etat. The Verkhovna Rada dismissed Yanukovych from power, changed the Constitution And appointed a may special election, the results of which became the new President Petro Poroshenko. After the coup d'etat fresh authorities opened a number of criminal cases in the former bureaucrats.

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