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Yushchenko's dismissal illegal

The President should resign

On March 25, Ukraine's Supreme Administrative Court ruled on the legality of the President's controversial decree , interfering with the operation and independence of Ukraine's Constitutional Court, by dismissing three Constitutional Court Judges. The President's actions came under harsh criticism and was seen by many as an attempt by the President to pervert the course of justice by preventing the Constitutional Court from ruling on the question of legality of the President's dismissal of Ukraine's parliament in 2007. Two of the three judges later resigned and a third Judge, Suzanna Stanik, challenged the the authority of the president's actions. Article 149 of Ukraine's Constitution states : "Judges of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine are subject to the guarantees of independence and immunity and to the grounds for dismissal from office envisaged by Article 126 of this Constitution, and the requirements concerning incompatibility as determined