Petro Poroshenko’s lawyer, Ihor Holovan, after a Supreme Court hearing postponed due to President Zelensky’s absence, noted that the authorities are repeatedly using delays in the process.
Source: PRYAMYI
“We already had a case on canceling the illegal Cabinet decree that changed border crossing rules. That did not save the Cabinet, and the court ruled that the restriction was illegal. Now we are waiting for the appeal review in the Supreme Court. So this is really just stalling. Before the hearing, we wondered what tricks our opponents, President Zelensky, would use to delay the process. We understood that they had nothing to say — that was obvious to everyone. That they would delay it was also clear, but they showed no creativity — the most primitive move was a sudden health issue,” Holovan said.
“But this is about the law. The Administrative Procedure Code is designed to protect citizens in their fight against the state. The state is inherently stronger than the citizen, which is why the Code of Administrative Procedure is structured so that President Zelensky himself should have proven the legality of his actions,” the lawyer explained.
“They rushed this decree on sanctions together in a few hours, and to prove the legality of their actions, a year was not enough for them. Now we know they have nothing to say, nothing except some forged disks, with no grounds. The court must act according to the law, which says that even if this is the first absence of a party, in our case the party is President Zelensky. He did not notify the court that he was sick or that anything happened to him,” Ihor Holovan noted.
“I really hope that all these tricks will eventually be exhausted, and the hearing on January 30 will take place,” the lawyer concluded.
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