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In view of the available information on the official website of the National Agency on Corruption Prevention (https://nazk.gov.ua/uk/novyny/golova-nazk-oleksandr-novikov-sklav-adminp... /) on drawing up protocols on administrative offenses against Judges of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine Zavhorodnia I.M., Moisyk V.R., Slidenko I.D .and their receipt in the Constitutional Court of Ukraine on behalf of the Judges of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine we inform about the following.
Before considering the case at the plenary session of the Grand Chamber of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine upon the constitutional petition of 47 People’s Deputies of Ukraine on the constitutionality of specific provisions of the laws of Ukraine “On Prevention of Corruption”, “On the Prosecutor's Office”, “On the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine”, “On the State Bureau of Investigation, the National Agency of Ukraine for Detection, Investigation and Management of Assets Obtained from Corruption and Other Crimes”, the Criminal Code of Ukraine, the Civil Procedure Code of Ukraine in accordance with Article 60 of the Law of Ukraine “On the Constitutional Court of Ukraine”, § 44 of the Rules of Procedure of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine, in order to avoid doubts in the competent authorities to ensure an objective and impartial consideration of this case, as well as a real or potential conflict of interest Judge of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine Zavhorodnia I.M. (6.10.2020), Judge of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine Moisyk V.R. (1.10.2020), Judge of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine Slidenko I.D. (06.10.2020) submitted statements of self-recusal.
The Grand Chamber of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine, having considered the statements of self-recusal of Judges of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine, in particular Zavhorodnia I.M., Moisyk V.R., Slidenko I.D., , refused to satisfy their statements of self-recusal in the respective case.
On October 8, 2020 at the public part of the plenary session of the Grand Chamber of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine in this case, the Representative of the President of Ukraine in the Constitutional Court of Ukraine Venislavskyi F.V. submitted statements of recusal of Judges of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine Zavhorodnia I.M., Moisyk V.R., Slidenko I.D. The Grand Chamber of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine refused to satisfy the statements of the Representative of the President of Ukraine in the Constitutional Court of Ukraine F.V. Venislavskyi.
On October 19, 2020 Representative of the President of Ukraine in the Constitutional Court of Ukraine Venislavskyi F.V. re-submitted the statements of recusal of Judges of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine Moisyk V.R., Slidenko I.D. On October 20, 2020, the Grand Chamber of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine also refused to satisfy the statements of the Representative of the President of Ukraine in the Constitutional Court of Ukraine F.V. Venislavskyi.
Thus, the Grand Chamber of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine has resolved the issue of conflict of interest in accordance with the Law of Ukraine “On the Constitutional Court of Ukraine” and the Rules of Procedure of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine, therefore there are no legal grounds for drawing up protocols on administrative offenses against Judges of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine Zavhorodnia I.M., Moisyk V.R., Slidenko I.D.
