On August 19, the Kyiv Administrative Appeal Court adjudged illegal the actions of deputy chairman of the CEC Andriy Mahera and CEC member Valery Sheludko in preparing the issue of registration the ex- first deputy head of the Security Service of Ukraine Volodymyr Satsiuk as MP candidate for consideration by the CEC. By its judgment, the court canceled the registration.
The reason for that became the fact that Satsiuk did not reside in Ukraine for the past five years.
The Central Election Commission refused to consider the address concerning the oath breaking by the CEC members during the registration Volodymyr Satsyuk as the MP candidate.
In particular, the Commission adopted a resolution stating that, as of August 21, the court’s ruling did not enter into force. In addition, the law of Ukraine on the CEC and other laws do not endow the Central Election Commission with the right to consider addresses regarding decisions, actions or omissions by the CEC members.
All the CEC members supported this decision leaving the address without consideration.
In addition, the CEC has not yet filed an appeal against the decision of the Kyiv Administrative Appeal Court regarding illegal actions of deputy chairman of the CEC Andriy Mahera and the CEC member Valery Sheludko, head of the CEC press service Kostyantyn Khyvrenko told journalists. According to him, the appeal will be filed.
