Parliament dismisses two judges of Constitutional Court

Oleksandr Paseniuk's dismissal from the post of the Constitutional Court judge is in connection with him reaching the retirement age of 65. Head of the Parliamentary Committee on Legal Policy and Justice Ruslan Kniazevych of the Poroshenko Bloc fraction said Petro Stetsiuk served as judge of the Constitutional Court for nine years and his term in this position has ended, so he asked the Verkhovna Rada to dismiss him from this position. Kniazevych said that Stetsiuk did not support the decision of the Constitutional Court which allowed former president of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych to usurp the power. Kniazevych praised Stetsiuk as an honest judge. With regard to Paseniuk, Kniazevych recalled that in February of 2014, the Verkhovna Rada dismissed Paseniuk as a judge of the Constitutional Court for violation of the oath. However, later the Administrative Court restored Paseniuk in his office.