Ukraine’s top court approves stripping MPs of parliamentary privilege
The text of the decision and its summary will be published on the official website of the CCU on Wednesday, November 2 (Photo:CCU/Facebook)
The Constitutional Court of Ukraine has ruled that the 2019 law, which stripped MPs of parliamentary privilege, does not violate the country’s Constitution, the court’s press office said in a message on its website on Nov. 1.
“Having come to the conclusion that the constitutional procedure for considering, adopting, and enacting the law was not violated, the Constitutional Court recognized the disputed Law as consistent with the Ukrainian Constitution,” the message says.
The text of the decision and its summary will be published on the court’s official website on Nov. 2.
Earlier, 50 MPs appealed to the Constitutional Court to examine the validity of the Law of Ukraine No. 2237, which abolished parliamentary privilege and came into force on Jan. 1, 2020.
The Ukrainian parliament passed the corresponding bill in September 2019; it was signed into law by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy shortly afterwards.
The law removed the requirement of the parliament consenting to MPs being arrested, detained, or charged with criminal offenses.
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