Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has signed decrees on the liquidation and establishment of local courts, according to the presidential press service.
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko took part in the solemn ceremony of taking oath by the judges of the new Supreme Court and congratulated the newly appointed judges, according to the president's press service.
The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) has called on President Petro Poroshenko to veto changes to the Criminal Procedure Code adopted by the Verkhovna Rada on October 3, according to the agency's website.
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on Tuesday has passed the bill, submitted by President Poroshenko, on amending the Economic and Civil Procedural Codes of Ukraine, the Code of Administrative Proceedings, and other legislative acts (No. 6232).
In the course of the working visit to the United States, President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko has met with representatives of leading American businesses, noting U.S. companies are reliable partners of Ukrainian businesses overseas and welcome in Ukraine as potential investors, the presidential press service reports.
Ukraine could have a new Supreme Court installed by next month as part of judicial reforms aimed at rooting out corruption, Ukraine's Justice Minister Pavlo Petrenko said on Tuesday, Voice of America reported citing Reuters.
President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko has signed into law the bill On the Constitutional Court of Ukraine, earlier adopted by the Verkhovna Rada, according to the presidential administration’s press service.
Head of the European Union’s Delegation to Ukraine Hugues Mingarelli stresses the EU’s consistent calls on Ukraine to create an independent and effective judicial body armed with the necessary authority to tackle corruption, the EU Delegation’s press service says.
The National Anti-Corruption Bureau believes that the statement by President of the EU Commission Jean-Claude Juncker on the creation of a special anti-corruption chamber instead of an anti-corruption court is a consequence of deliberate misinformation against Ukraine’s European partners, the NABU statement reads.
Without the creation of the Anti-Corruption Court, the investigation of top level corruption cases can take as long as 10 years, Director of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine Artem Sytnik told a discussion panel on asset recovery and fighting corruption, an UNIAN correspondent reports.