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⚡️ Judges on the hook: how the High Council of Justice, NABU, and NAPC make disciplinary cases “eternal”
Remember the high-profile Bihus.Info story about the luxurious lifestyle of Supreme Court Cassation Commercial Court judge Serhiy Zhukov? https://youtu.be/tgc74VTUFY0?si=olgZU54UCyVDO7Wm
It would seem that society waited 17 months for concrete results, but the reality of Ukrainian justice surprises once again.
The High Council of Justice officially suspended consideration of the disciplinary case against Supreme Court judge Serhiy Zhukov (and also against Zhukov’s wife, who is also a judge) (‼️see item 69). https://hcj.gov.ua/news/rezultaty-rozglyadu-pytan-poryadku-dennogo-zasidannya-tretoyi-dyscyplinarnoyi-palaty-137
The official reasons sound “respectable,” but in essence this is classic stalling:
They are waiting for materials from the criminal proceeding and permission to use them.
They are waiting for the results of the monitoring of Zhukov’s lifestyle, which is still ongoing at the NAPC.
👏Little tricks of a big press release To draw less attention to this “fiasco,” the HCJ took an interesting step. In the press release on the official site, they deliberately changed the usual order of presenting information. Usually, news about the consideration of already-open cases is published at the top (at the very beginning), and questions about opening new cases are at the bottom. This time they reversed everything: information about the Zhukovs was deliberately “buried” deeper in the text (far 69 item), trying bluntly to hide it from journalists’ and the public’s eyes.
What is the main problem with this decision? ❌ The law provides for unlimited pre-trial investigation periods in criminal proceedings, and there are no set deadlines for monitoring either, so the proceeding against Zhukov can hang in the air for years. ❌ A separate question for NABU, which once again demonstrates selectivity and does not provide the HCJ with the necessary information about Zhukov, which literally untied the Council’s hands to suspend the case.
In some cases they provide it, in others they don’t.
Who benefits from this? 🪝 This looks like a perfect tactical move. Why remove a judge or see a case through to the end? It’s much more convenient to create a team of judges “on the hook” — to put them through re-education😏
🔥Appointing new judges is a long, complicated, and public process. But a judge left hanging in the air, with the daily threat of the case being reopened, becomes maximally compliant and will “serve faithfully.”
👀We’re watching how many more years the NAPC, NABU, and the HCJ will “investigate” what journalists show in a single episode.
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