On October 20, the First Senate of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine deliberated the case upon the constitutional complaint of Antonina Bolotnikova on the constitutionality of the provisions of Article 86.15.6 of the Law of Ukraine “On the Prosecutor's Office” of October 14, 2014 No. 1697 -VII (hereinafter referred to as Law No. 1697) as amended, Article 2 of the Law of Ukraine “On Measures on Legislative Support of the Pension System Reform” of July 8, 2011 No. 3668-VI (hereinafter referred to as Law No. 3668).
During the plenary session, Judge-Rapporteur Iryna Zavhorodnia presented the content of the constitutional complaint and the grounds for initiating proceedings.
It was noted that the applicant had applied to the Constitutional Court of Ukraine for verification of compliance of specific provisions of the impugned laws with Article 8.1, Article 17.1, 17.3, 17.5, Article 22.2, 22.3, Article 24.1, 24.2, Article 41.1, 41.4, 41.5, Article 46.1, Article 58.1, Article 64, Article 126.1, and Article 129.1 of the Constitution of Ukraine.
According to the subject of the right to a constitutional complaint, the disputed provisions of the laws violate her rights to property and social protection guaranteed by the Constitution of Ukraine.
In order to ensure full and objective deliberation of the case, the Court sent inquiries to public authorities and scientific institutions.
The Court examined the case file in the public part of the plenary session and proceeded to in-camera part for a decision.
The public part of the plenary session is available on the Court's official website under the heading “Archive of video broadcasts of the sessions”.
