"No
victory over corruption until the core of corruption remains in the judicial,
prosecutorial and law enforcement system. I appeal to the Parliament to adopt a
new law on the judicial system and status of judges and to conduct the full
re-attestation of all 9,000 of Ukrainian judges," Prime Minister of
Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk
stressed, presenting the Action Program of the Government at the Parliament on
Thursday, 11 December.
The
Government also proposes to return to the Supreme court
those powers that will make it the highest court: "According to Article
124 of the Constitution of Ukraine, the Supreme court of Ukraine is the highest
court. Over the last ten years, the Supreme court has
being gradually deprived of the key function – the right to pass legal and fair
judgment. A number of special courts were created. Unfortunately, in some
cases, you cannot call these courts special, but rather closed joint stock
companies".
Thus, the
Cabinet of Ministers proposes to establish "not a four, but three-tier
court system and to do its utmost to provide direct access of the Ukrainian
citizens to the court: "People should not come to Kyiv in order to protect
their rights. Local courts should have the full powers to resolve such
disputes. For this purpose, the relevant amendment shall be made both to the
Constitution of Ukraine and other procedural laws. "
Arseniy Yatsenyuk also reminded that the Interior Ministry approved
a concept paper on reform of the Interior Ministry: "In order to implement
this concept a bill on the national police would be submitted to the
Parliament," he said, noting that there will be a discussion on this bill
within the coalition.