Mykola Katerynchuk: Saving life of Yuriy Lutsenko is directly proportional to the state of the judicial system of

“Release of Yuriy Lutsenko from prison because of the health reasons, and thus saving his life, is directly proportional to the state of democracy and justice in Ukraine. Yuriy Lutsenko`s life and the future image of our country in the next few years depends on the approval of the court decision to release him due to the serious diseases he has. This question is actually another test on willingness of the authorities to release political prisoners” – said People’s Deputy of Ukraine, the leader of the European Party of Ukraine, Mykola Katerynchuk, commenting on a statement of Yuriy Lutsenko about his suspicions of the internal bleeding after the surgery.

“Statement of Yuriy Lutsenko’s lawyer about the health of his client, the current medical reports and the statement of Yuriy Lutsenko are enough for the Prison Service to appeal to the court on his release due to health reasons. However, such appeal has not been made yet. Certainly, the person with such diseases cannot be kept in prison and must be released” – agreed Mykola Katerynchuk. – “Thereby, the comments of jailers on the satisfactory state of health of Yuriy Lutsenko are nothing more than allegations”.

“The European Court of Human Rights has declared that the arrest of the former minister and his detention are illegal. Without doubt, there will be a decision about the tortures of Yuriy Lutsenko which brought to his serious illnesses. Furthermore, the ECHR will tell the whole world about the inefficiency and bias of the Ukrainian judicial system”, – said the MP.

Mykola Katerynchuk expressed his belief that “the only right and true way out of this situation is the immediate implementation of the European Court decisions in this case and release of Yuriy Lutsenko”.

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