HOT ANTICORRUPTION NEWS / Issue #109
July 19, 2019
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Today's issue:
- AntAC and Anticorruption HQs held the political forum on the Agenda for Justice;
- HACC jurisdiction: possible solutions;
- the court of appeals cancelled the scandalous ruling regarding the alleged intervention of Ukrainian officials in the 2016 U.S. elections;
- the first court hearing in the case of Zagrebelska vs Zelensky scheduled to July 23;
- recommended reading
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AntAC and Anticorruption HQs held the political forum on the Agenda for Justice
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On 16 July, representatives of political parties running for Parliament, executive authorities, the civil society, and diplomatic institutions discussed the Agenda for Justice and its implementation.
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The agenda focuses on the following priorities: to ensure the proper reform of the judiciary, the prosecutor’s office, and the police; to relaunch some of the anti-corruption bodies; to restore responsibility for illicit enrichment; to cut non-typical functions of the Security Service of Ukraine; and to keep such positive changes as international procurement of drugs. More details.
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HACC jurisdiction: possible solutions
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If the jurisdiction of the High Anticorruption Court (HACC) is not clarified, the court with 38 judges in both chambers might be overburdened with thousands of cases not related to high profile corruption. Possible solutions are:
1) Delay in launching HACC until the respective legislation is adopted.
2) Explanation from the State Judicial Administration and the Supreme Court on the procedure of the transfer of cases which foresees that NABU/SAPO cases come first at HACC. More details.
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The court of appeals cancelled the scandalous ruling regarding the alleged intervention of Ukrainian officials in the 2016 U.S. elections
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Sixth Appeals Court cancelled the decision of shameful Kyiv District Administrative Court, which ruled in December 2018 that two Ukrainian officials (NABU director Artem Sytnyk and MP Sergiy Leshchenko) violated the law by revealing information about millions of dollars of alleged illegal cash payments to lobbyist and former chair of U.S. President Donald Trump’s election campaign Paul Manafort.
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Earlier we explained why this decision of Administrative Court was absolutely senseless.
In March 2019, in his interview for the Hill media, using the December court decision as a ground, Prosecutor General Yuriy Lutsenko misinformed American people that "NABU official conducted an illegal intrusion into the American election campaign." Will Lutsenko now go on air on the Hill and rebut his previous loud and harmful statements?
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The first court hearing in the case of Zagrebelska vs Zelensky scheduled to July 23
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On Tuesday, July 23, the Supreme Court will start hearing the case of the former authorized government official of the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine Agia Zagrebelska versus President Zelensky. The subject matter of the case is recognizing the Presidential Decree on dismissing Zagrebelska as unlawful and invalid.
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Start of the hearing: 10 a.m. Address of the court: 8 Moskovska St., building 5, Kyiv. Presiding judge: Nataliia Blazhivska.
On 5 July 2019, President Volodymyr Zelensky signed a decree to dismiss Agia Zagrebelska, but the reasons are unknown. The grounds to dismiss AMCU authorized government officials are stipulated in part 2, article 18 of the Law On the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine. These include dismissal due to illness, voluntary resignation, and gross neglect of duty or committing a crime. None of these applied to Zagrebelska.
Agia Zagrebelska is known for her investigations of gambling business, intermediary shell companies providing access to the base of evaluation reports of the State Property Fund of Ukraine, a cartel agreement of food suppliers of the Ministry of Defence, and various schemes in the domain of the Ministry of Justice.
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