In the case of pressure on judge Vitaliy Tsyktych of the Shevchenkivskyi District Court of Kyiv by the head of the Tax Committee of the Rada, Danylo Hetmantsev, the preliminary check will be conducted by the head of the HCJ, Hryhoriy Usyk. This was reported to UNN by the HCJ press service.
According to the automated case management system of the High Council of Justice, on June 4, 2024, the HCJ received a report from Judge Vitalii Tsyktych of the Shevchenkivskyi District Court of Kyiv on interference in the judge's activities in the administration of justice, which, in accordance with the protocol of automated distribution of cases among HCJ members of June 4, 2024, was transferred to Hennadii Usyk, a member of the High Council of Justice, for verification
It is worth noting that before a case is considered by all members of the High Council of Justice, it is preliminarily reviewed by one of its members, who then reports his findings to his colleagues.
On January 11, 2023, Hryhoriy Usyk was elected to the post of HCJ Chairman.
In one of his interviews , he emphasized that it is of great importance for people to have access to justice, to hear cases in an open and transparent manner, and to have proper justification and reasoning for a court decision.
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Earlier, Danylo Hetmantsev, the head of the Rada's tax committee, published several posts on his Telegram channel calling on the public to put pressure on the court and openly criticizing the judges' decisions. Judge of the Shevchenkivskyi District Court of Kyiv Vitaliy Tsyktych appealed to the High Council of Justice and the Prosecutor General's Office with a statement about pressure from Hetmantsev and the MP's attempts to influence the court's decisions and interfere in its activities.
After that, Hetmantsev published another post in which criticized the decision of the panel of judges of the Dnipropetrovs'k District Administrative Court. They recognized that the National Bank had made an illegal decision to revoke the license and start liquidation of Concord Bank. This is probably how Hetmantsev wanted to influence the judges who would consider the NBU's appeal.
Judge Ciktic told UNN that the Office of the Prosecutor General refused to open criminal proceedings on his application.
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Earlier, the president of the All-Ukrainian Association of Retired Judges, Denys Neviadomskyi, emphasized that Hetmantsev violates the Criminal Code of Ukrainewith his calls . According to him, the MP, in particular, calls for interference in the activities of the court and violates the presumption of innocence.
Lawyer Dmytro Kasyanenko noted that Hetmantsev's post could be regarded as pressure on the judge and influence on his decision. Lawyer Serhiy Lysenko believes that Hetmantsev is trying to influence the court through public opinion and is taking on the role of a judge, determining which decision of Themis will be legal in the criminal proceedings on illegal tobacco.