The
board of judges of the Kyiv Appeal Administrative Court postponed till
10.00 a.m. of October 17 the hearing on the Presidential Secretariat’s
appeal against the ruling of the Kyiv District Administrative Court,
which on Saturday suspended the Ukrainian president`s decree to
dissolve parliament and call snap parliamentary poll. MP Valeriy Pysarenko, BYuT’s representative to court, told UNIAN.
He
noted that on Monday the Kyiv Appeal Administrative Court postponed the
hearing on the Presidential secretariat’s appeal till the morning of
October 14.
However, as early as this morning, the judges
claimed they “cannot work under current conditions”. “A pressure is put
upon judges by state power bodies”, V.Pysarenko said.
At the same
time, another BYuT lawmaker Andriy Kozhemyakin said that his political
force is satisfied with this decision. At the same time, he stressed
that BYuT will accept any ruling of the court if it is legal.
As
UNIAN reported earlier, the Kyiv District Court on Saturday suspended
the Ukrainian president`s decree to dissolve parliament and call snap
parliamentary polls, the Unian agency reported. Volodymyr Pylypenko, a
representative of the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc, was quoted as saying that
the ruling was made in response to a lawsuit filed by the bloc against
President Viktor Yushchenko and the Central Election Commission (CEC).
Yushchenko
dissolved parliament October 9 and announced snap elections in the
country would be held December 7. The step was taken due to a failure
by members of parliament to form a new ruling coalition.
Pylypenko also said the court banned the CEC from holding any meetings to organize early elections to the Verkhovna Rada.
He
said the lawsuit was filed immediately after the presidential decree
was published. "The Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc`s position regarding
prevention of anti-constitutional parliamentary polls remains the
same," he said.
Pylypenko said the bloc will turn to international organizations to complain of Yushchenko "usurping" power.
