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DOES THIS APPLY TO THE PRESIDENT'S DECREES ALSO? Source: UNIAN The government’s decree, allowing not to fulfill illegal court rulings, may cause anarchy in the state, Party of Regions lawmaker Mykola Azarov believes. “The current authorities keep on creating terrible precedents for the state. The regular decision of the Cabinet of Ministers, allowing state power bodies not to fulfill court rulings, may cause legal impunity in the state. In my opinion, the Prosecutors’ Office, the Supreme Court, and the President, must give an assessment to this decision of the government”, M.Azarov claimed. He is convinced that nobody has a right to neglect court rulings. “Court rulings are obligatory to fulfill. It concerns not only citizens, but also different organizations, first of all, state agencies, which must serve as an example of law-abiding”, he stressed. M.Azarov emphasized that if anybody does not agree with a ruling, he may appeal against it. “But, not to fulfill court rulings is nons...

The Ukrainian Prosecutor-Generals Office has opened a criminal investigation into allegations that officials have illegally pressured Constitutional Court justices, RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service reported . Comments recently made by Yulia Tymoshenko outside the constitutional Court could constitute Contempt of Court and a deliberate attempt to intimidate and theatern Constitutional Court Judges. Yulia Tymoshenko following the decision of Ukraine's Constitutional Court to consider the merits of the Government's appeal against Viktor Yuschenko, Ukraine's President, decree dismissing Ukraine's democratically elected parliament, called on Viktor Yuschenko to withdraw his nominees from the Court. Yulia Tymoshenko in hear speech attacked the decision of the Court and claimed that the Court was corrupt. She failed to provide any evidence or statements backing up her claim. Yesterday, Yabloko party leader Mykhailo Brodskyi claim ed that Yulia Tymoshenko has asked him for USD 3...