22 September 2011, 18:30
On September 21, 2011, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine rejected and withdrawn the bill "On Amendments to several Legislative Acts of Ukraine regarding Legal Consequences of Violation of Human and Civil Rights and Liberties by Judges, Prosecutors, and Investigation Officers" (Reg. No. 8615). Only 66 People´s Deputies endorsed the bill.
The bill was rejected and withdrawn solely on legal grounds, as Ukrainian laws have already entrenched clear-cut and proved mechanisms of depriving such persons of special pensions in the event of committed crime or corruptive action. This information is provided in a well-grounded conclusion of the Scientific Experts Office of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Secretariate.
Therefore, declaration and audacious appraisal of the legislatively justified parliament´s resolution by Hanna Herman, advisor of the President of Ukraine, former People´s Deputy from the Party of Regions, are surprising. The attempts of Ms Herman to turn a legal resolution into a politically biased and populist one, emotional lexicon of the declaration, and unceremonious invectives against the deputy core and a single legislative body of Ukraine confirm that she does not understand legal reality, is incompetent in law, and her perception of the role of the President´s advisor in the political system of Ukraine has grown out of proportions. Operating mythical pseudofacts and misconceptions about the applicable legislation, H.Herman is actually inciting her listeners to legal nihilism, outright neglect of the place and role of the legislative branch of power, and anticonstitutional thinking.
It is especially peculiar that such attitude towards the parliament is demonstrated by the former People´s Deputy and chair of the parliamentary committee whose work at the Verkhovna Rada was reduced to her promotion in media rather than law-making. For four years of parliamentary work, the incumbent advisor of the President of Ukraine initiated only five bills and co-authored only three bills.