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Impeachment bill: Zelenskyi keeps election campaign promise

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Impeachment bill: Zelenskyi keeps election campaign promise

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyi submitted Law on Impeachment for parliamentary voting.

On May 29, President Volodymyr Zelenskyi submitted to the Verkhovna Rada a draft law on the impeachment of the Head of state. The bill on impeachment was published on the website of Verkhovna Rada.

In particular, the bill provides that:

— the procedure of impeachment will be initiated by the majority of MPs from the constitutional composition of Verkhovna Rada;

— special temporary investigative commission including MPs, special prosecutor and special investigators will be created to provide complete and fair investigation;

— defender of the President of Ukraine will provide protection of rights, freedoms and legal interests of the Head of the State within the procedure of impeachment;

— special temporary investigative commission will prepare conclusions and proposal concerning state treason or other crimes committed by the President;

— plenary session of the Verkhovna Rada where the conclusions and proposals will be considered will be open (except the cases when the materials contain secret information protected by the law);

— after Parliament decides on the allegations against the President, Verkhovna Rada will appeal to the Constitutional Court and Supreme Court;

— the decision on the impeachment of the President will be made only if the Constitutional Court and Supreme Court prove that the Constitution of Ukraine and laws are observed;

— the respective decision will be considered made if no less than three-fourths of Ukraine’s MPs vote for it;

«As promised amid the election campaign, President Zelenskyi has submitted a draft law to the Verkhovna Rada a special procedure for dismissing the president (impeachment). What was promised has been done,» —  said  presidential representative in parliament Ruslan Stefanchuk.

If Parliament does not decide on the impeachment of the President, the chairman has to apologize on behalf of Verkhovna Rada.

Along with the impeachment bill, Zelenskyi sent a reminder that parliamentarians should also pass a bill on the procedure to strip lawmakers of parliamentary immunity.

«And it would be fair if together we would have these two bills passed, then the president and the Verkhovna Rada would have their procedures,»-  Stefanchuk said.

As we reported earlier, ukrainian oligarch Ihor Kolomoiskyi said that Zelenskyi should default on country’s external debt.

On April 30, the Central Election Commission announced the results of the second round of the presidential elections in Ukraine in 2019. Volodymyr Zelenskyi wins the presidential run with 73,22% of the votes. Petro Poroshenko got 24,45% of the votes. The solemn ceremony of inauguration took place in Kyiv on Monday, May 20.

41-year-old showman, artist and comedian Volodymyr Zelenskyi became known in Ukraine as the lead actor in the TV series “Servant of the People” – in which he ‘accidentally’ becomes the president of Ukraine. He has never patricipated in political life before.

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