President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky will appeal a decision of the Supreme Court on declaring unlawful his decision of March 27, which canceled a decree of former President Viktor Yanukovych on the appointment of Oleksandr Tupytsky as a judge of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine, adviser to the President’s Office Head Mykhailo Podoliak has said.
“Of course, an appeal will be filed against this Supreme Court’s decision. The President acted lawfully and in the interests of society, canceling the decree of Yanukovych on the appointment of Tupytsky. Of course, we will not recognize this decision of the Supreme Court in any case. Of course, the President will not allow the destruction of the judicial reform,” Podoliak said in a commentary to Interfax-Ukraine.
As Podoliak noted, “such a decision of the Supreme Court is a manifestation of classical judicial corruption.”
“Because this decision is directed against specific laws on the purification of the High Council of Justice and on the reboot of the High Qualification Commission of Judges. Without these laws, corruption in Ukraine’s judiciary cannot be defeated. With these laws, corrupt judges simply have no chance of retaining influence. That is why the Supreme Court is trying to defend the corruption system. And in order to fulfill this scenario, Tupytsky is also needed – and precisely at the Constitutional Court,” he said.
According to the adviser to the President’s Office Head, they are trying to bring Tupytsky back so that he can “organize the destruction of the judicial reform.”
“However, it is certain that today’s decision of the Supreme Court will not be able to stop the judicial reform. Of course, Tupytsky, as a person reasonably suspected of committing crimes against justice, should receive a fair sentence,” Podoliak said.
