Automatically translated version. May contain inaccuracies compared to the original.
23 October the President appointed Oksana Bezpaliok as a judge of the Lviv Court of Appeal.
At the same time, the High Council of Justice’s submission for Bezpaliok’s appointment was submitted only on 13 October 2026.
So 7 working days passed between the two decisions.
For the Office of the President, this is super speed, which would be welcome if it applied to the appointment of all judges.
However, for example, on 6 October 2026 the High Council of Justice submitted to the President a proposal to appoint six judges to the Lviv Court of Appeal.
And none of them have been appointed yet, even though the Council’s decision was made a week earlier than the decision regarding Bezpaliok.
And on 1 October 2026 a submission was made to appoint Mykhailo Rybiia to the position of judge of the Lviv Court of Appeal. He, too, has not been appointed yet.
How to explain this selectivity?
Is the Office of the President again starting to form some kind of “baskets”?