01/06/2012 11:30
“Today during the court hearing in Yuriy Lutsenko’s case, in which he is being accused of sanctioning illegal listening, grossly violating the Code of Criminal Procedure, Yuriy Lutsenko and his defense were denied in the right to review the charges” – notified the leader the European Party of Ukraine, People’s Deputy of Ukraine, Mykola Katerynchuk, after the court hearing. – “In this regard, Lutsenko has legal grounds for the disqualification of the judge. That accusation is not based on the current legislation and it is similar to an ordinary fraud case. Reasons for the trial just do not exist, because there is no corpus delicti in the case of Yuriy Lutsenko”.
“I, as a leader of the European Party of Ukraine, remind about the European Parliament Resolution of the May 24, 2012, which sharply condemns the selective justice and the presence of political repressions on political grounds. I am sure that this judgment in the case of Yuriy Lutsenko, as well as his preliminary imprisonment, is a frank farce and will be considered by the European Court of Human Rights. Decision of the European Court of Human Rights would mean that the Ukrainian courts committed gross violations of the Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms and limited the right of Lutsenko for defense, and all charges were politically put-up”, – emphasized Mykola Katerynchuk.
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