The Constitutional Court has ruled that President Volodymyr Zelenskyi’s draft law No. 1027, which provides for stripping parliamentarians of their parliamentary mandates for absenteeism and not personally casting their votes in the parliament, is unconstitutional.
Censor.NET reports citing Interfax.
Member of Parliament Fedir Venyslavskyi (Servant of the People faction), who is Zelenskyi’s representative in the Constitutional Court.
The presidential representative confirmed to Ukrainian News that the draft law has been declared unconstitutional.
According to preliminary information provided by Venyslavskyi, Constitutional Court judges ruled that Zelenskyi’s initiative would restrict human rights.
Parliament asked the Constitutional Court to assess the constitutionality of draft law No. 1027 on September 3.
On December 19, the parliament introduced a fine of up to UAH 85,000 for members of the parliament for failing to cast their votes personally in the parliament.Source: https://censor.net.ua/en/n3167685
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Piano voting declared legal and a human right according the Constitutional Court. This problem is at last solved by law.
Perhaps it is time to change portions of the constitution?
From 2013:
“According to Chesno, only one lawmaker in the previous assembly of the Verkhovna Rada never resorted to piano voting — the other 449 all did. One former legislator from the Party of Regions, billionaire Rinat Akhmetov, was seen in the Rada only once in the course of his five-year term — while his voting card was used in hundreds of votes.”
https://www.foxnews.com/world/despite-ban-ukrainian-lawmakers-ditch-parliament-sessions-ask-colleagues-to-vote-for-them
Disgusting…