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The HCSC nevertheless denied Ruslan Raimov, who worked in the Russian Federation after 2014 year, the position of judge of the Seventh Court of Appeal. We wrote about his interview yesterday.
As a result of the vote, Raimov did not receive the required number of votes from HCSC members, and is therefore considered to have been denied submission to the President of Ukraine for appointment as a judge.
Recall that concerns arose about Raimov’s candidacy because of his work in the Russian Federation after 2014 year, payment of taxes there, and doubts about whether that work experience can be counted toward the required experience for a judge of the appellate court.
Raimov is an inspector for the chair of the High Qualification Commission of Judges, Andriy Pasichnyk.
❌ Here is the list of HCSC members who nevertheless voted “for” Raimov’s candidacy: Serhiy Burlakov, Oksana Kvasha, Dmytro Lukyanov, Hryhoriy Usyk, Mykola Moroz, and Vitaliy Makhinchuk.
Among them are, in particular, HCSC members who themselves, or whose close relatives, won competitions to appellate courts or are participating in competitive procedures conducted by the HQCJ.
For example, the wife of HCSC member Dmytro Lukyanov — Hanna Ponomaryova — became the winner of the competition to the Northern Economic Court of Appeal.
HCSC member Mykola Moroz himself also won the competition to the Northern Economic Court of Appeal.
The son of HCSC member Hryhoriy Usyk is also participating in competitive procedures conducted by the HQCJ.
When members of the HCSC, the HQCJ, their close relatives, assistants, or inspectors themselves become participants in competitions conducted by the HQCJ, and the results are reviewed by the HCSC, the question of equal rules and trust in the entire selection system naturally arises.
The problem is not only whether a particular member of the HCSC or the HQCJ voted for their relative, colleague, or subordinate. Such system conditions create a biased environment that is difficult to monitor and assess.
That is why a clear safeguard should be established at the legislative level: close relatives of members of the HQCJ and the HCSC, as well as their assistants and inspectors, should not participate in competitions for judicial positions during the term of office of the respective members of the judicial governance bodies.
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