Andriy Parubiy: Verkhovna Rada gradually ousting corruption from Ukraine

Press Service of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Secretariat
29 September 2016, 16:15

The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine has dismissed 29 judges, in particular, those ones, who committed crimes against Maidan, i.e. the ones, who passed unlawful rulings against Maidan activists, Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada, Andriy Parubiy, said at the end of the extraordinary plenary meeting on Thursday, September 29.

The Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada noted that he did his best to guarantee effective vote to deprive all the oath-breaking judges of their authorities. Andriy Parubiy noted that if the voting for the issue had finally failed, he would have had to publish the names of the parliamentarians, who were absent during the vote.

Andriy Parubiy highly appreciated the fact that members of the Ukrainian Parliament managed to gather to take part in the extraordinary plenary meeting.

He noted that a total of 33 resolutions on the said judges were tabled in the Verkhovna Rada and as a result 29 of them were dismissed.

Andriy Parubiy noted that the Parliament proved to be fighting against corruption.

As earlier reported, on September 27, President Petro Poroshenko requested Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada, Andriy Parubiy, to convene an extraordinary plenary meeting for September 30 to dismiss oath-breaking judges.

The Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada signed respective Order having convened the meeting for September 29, 2016.

In compliance with the amendments to the Constitution of Ukraine touching justice, on October 1, 2016, the procedure of dismissal and appointment of judges will be transferred from the Ukrainian Parliament to the High Council of Justice.