Our Ukraine-People's Self-Defense faction lawmaker and foreign minister of the shadow government, Borys Tarasiuk, has called for an inquiry to be sent to the Constitutional Court on the constitutionality of a law on the ratification of the agreement extending the presence of the Russian Black Sea Fleet on Ukrainian territory.
"I drafted a constitutional motion in accordance with the constitution and law, and I ask the opposition government to consider the draft. Once approved by members of the opposition government, I am planning to collect signatures and send the motion to the Constitutional Court regarding the unconstitutionality of a law on the ratification of the agreement on the Black Sea Fleet," he told reporters on Tuesday.
Tarasiuk said that there were sufficient grounds for this.
"First, the president exceeded his authority, and secondly, the procedure for consideration [of the law] was violated in the session hall when the Verkhovna Rada chairman opened a meeting with only 211 MPs present. The meeting was held and decisions were taken when there was no quorum," he said.
In accordance with the Constitution of Ukraine and the parliament’s rules of procedure, at least 45 lawmakers can send a motion to the Constitutional Court to request a ruling on the constitutionality of a law.
