of judge. the career growth of a judge from one instance to another also takes place through the higher qualification commissionis a very important body, which direction depends on who our judges are, in which judicial positions. the powers of the previous members of the commission were terminated in november 2019, after amendments were made to the law of ukraine on judiciary and the status of judges and other provisions regarding the activities of judicial governance bodies, and only in july 21 of the year , president zelenskyi restored the work of the supreme court of justice with a new law. however , due to russia's full-scale war against ukraine, the competitive selection of commission members could only be started in the fall of 2022, and only on june 1, 2023, the vkk was fully formed with the help of a competitive commission, which included three ukrainian judges and a prosecutor from the netherlands. and two retired judges, from canada and the united states of america. within the scope of its activities, avtomaidan contributed to the competition commission in the analysis of candidates. we analyzed a hug

higher judicial bodies, the higher council of justice and the higher qualification commission of judges formed virtually from scratch, however, the course of judicial reform, which is a key requirement on ukraine's path to the eu, is influenced by other events, in particular the total exposing corruption schemes in the judicial system. since the time when the head of the state judicial administration , oleksiy salnikov, was arrested for bribery, this position has remained vacant. the competition has been running since march of this year. we will tell you about those who apply for the high chair. today, but let's start with the news. oleksiy tandyr, the judge of the makarivskyi district court of the kyiv region, who last year in a state of alcoholic intoxication beat to death a soldier of the national guard, vadym bondarenko, at the checkpoint at the entrance to kyiv , has finally been released. the supreme council of justice rejected his appeal against the decision of the second disciplinary chamber regarding dismissal from the post of judge. 11 members of the vrp voted in favor, zero -

some a formal answer to one or two sentences, for example, the second panel of the higher qualification commission of judgesdging by everything, is very tired. ruslan sydorovych, lyudmila volkova and roman kydesiuk expertly manage to conduct the fastest interviews with candidates. for example, one of them lasted only seven minutes with the head assistant. of the northern commercial court of appeal , olena mikhalyuk. please briefly describe your motivation for becoming a judge. the first is how convenient it will be for you to move. mr. roman. that's right. two judges will not be too many in one family. these are all questions from the commission to mykhalyuk. thus, without further clarification, the members of the supreme court of appeals decided that the candidate was suitable for the position of judge and recommended her to the lyubashiv district court of odesa region. within the framework of the judicial reform, the composition of the higher qualification commission was given titanic tasks and responsibilities, however, all members of the vkk went to high positions consciously and of their own volition,

since the complete reboot of the most important body of the judicial system of the higher qualification commission of judgesupreme court of justice did not function for almost four years, and this was a big challenge for the functioning of the country's judicial system. in the composition of 16 members of the supreme court of appeals , it is responsible for the formation of the judicial corps for. transporting judges from one court to another, as well as providing for them of the appropriate level, in particular, conducts the qualification evaluation of judges and makes a recommendation to the supreme council of justice on the appointment of a candidate for the position of judge, the career growth of a judge from one instance to another also occurs through the supreme qualification commission of judges, i.e. it is a very important body, from which it directly depends on who our judges are, in which judicial positions. the powers of the previous members of the higher-ranking commission were granted in november 2019 after amendments were made to the law of ukraine on the judiciary and status judges and other

since the complete reboot of the most important body of the judicial system, the higher qualification commission of judgesaine. before this vkks did not function for almost four years, and it was a big...

there are 28 applicants for the single vacant position of a member of the higher qualification commission of judgesthe candidates judges of the supreme court, the high anti-corruption court, a judge of the court of appeal, judges of local judges and retired judges. the vacant position in the supreme court of appeals appeared after on march 27, the judge of the court of appeal of kyiv, roman ignatov, resigned as a member of the supreme court of appeals on his own volition. he held the position of the chairman of the central committee of the central committee of the russian federation. the competition is ongoing, the selection of members of the sccc is carried out by a competition commission consisting of three ukrainian judges and three foreign experts in the field of law. foreign experts have the controlling vote during the voting procedure. updated in 2022 as part of the judicial reform , the supreme council of justice still does not work in full force. out of 21 members, the vrp currently has 17, has a quorum, and the selection of its members is ongoing. the collegial body of state power and judi

judge of the poltava court of appeal, galonkin serhii anatoliyovych. now the supreme council of justice has to make a formal decision decision, but serhii galonkin can still appeal it. the higher qualification commissionudges continues. vat unworthy representatives, and recently this process has gained momentum. many unscrupulous servants of themis were already one step away from being released. the commission recognized ihor bonchev, judge of the fastiv city district court of the kyiv region, as unworthy of office. it is so difficult to say here, because no one knows the whole truth. on the account of igor bonchev, the delay of cases for careless driving, not matching the life with official income and dubious sources of origin wealth well, not really. conscientious performance of your duty to maintain your qualifications as a judge at a high level. ihor bonchev did not overburden himself with work: i try to be present in court as much as possible, once or twice a week. and on other days, what do you do? i am improving my qualifications. well, in what way, let me find out? wolves? legislation. bonchev assures that he must do this, because the legislation is constantly changing. however , he could not

there are 28 applicants for the single vacant position of a member of the higher qualification commission of judgesong the candidates for judges'. court, the supreme anti-corruption court, a judge of the court of appeal, judges of local judges and judges in resignation the vacant position in the ccc appeared after a member of the ccc with a judicial quota, roman ignatov, a judge of the kyiv court of appeal, voluntarily resigned on march 27. he held the position of the head of the vkk. the competition is ongoing, the selection of members of the vkks is carried out by a competition commission consisting of three ukrainian judges and three foreign experts in the field of law. control. it is foreign experts who have a voice during the voting procedure. updated in 2022 as part of the judicial reform , the supreme council of justice still does not work in full composition out of 21 members, the vrp currently has 17. it has a quorum and the selection of its members is ongoing. the collegial body of state power and judicial governance, which is responsible for the honesty and transparency of the entire jud

the council of justice also dismissed him from office, although the judge can still appeal this decision. the higher qualification commissionf judges was again unable to elect a new chairman after the dismissal of the previous chairman, roman ignatov. this is the second attempt. last time, in april , none of the members of the commission volunteered to take this position. this time there were two candidates: ruslan sydorovych and andriy pasichnyk. however, none of them could get the required number of votes. so vkk. will later hold new elections. it will be recalled that on march 27, the previous head of the higher qualification commission, roman ignatov, filed resigned at his own will. that year, in december, information appeared in the mass media that he allegedly had russian citizenship. the head of the vkks himself denied it. at the beginning of this year, the commission came to the conclusion that it is impossible to definitively establish whether roman ignatov received russian citizenship in the 1990s. currently, the state bureau of investigation is conducting a pre-trial investigation in a criminal case. implementati

qualification assessment, they are already leaving the posts, in the sense they are staying on them. among these judges, in particular 14, the new higher commission has already managed to submit qualifications. position of court, and this is only the beginning, and now these 180 judges, obviously, do not have the position of the supreme court. ask for evaluation and will continue to judge accordingly, will continue to consider cases, continue to receive grapes and so on. among these judges, for example, there is ms. judge charcot, who is leaving her position on this principle, but in the public integrity council, which provides information about such judges, it is very clearly stated that she remained in the occupied territories and tried to become a judge of a... so-called court , which was organized by the russian federation, and such a person remains a judge in ukraine, also, for example, judge ms. izovitova vakin, she is the judge who banned the kharkiv euromaidan, according to such logic, of the supreme court, she also remains in her position and continues to administer justice, continues to live on our taxes, and now. well, that is, they all have unashamed conclusions from the public integrity cou

completed their procedure, but not enough, and they were supposed to get to the new higher qualification commission of judges... be evaluated at the so -called plenary session, that is, at them had to see the whole organ. now the supreme court has said that these 180 people will not return for the qualification assessment, they are already leaving the posts, in the sense they are staying on them. among these judges, in particular 14, the new higher quality commission has already managed to file a dismissal of the position of the supreme court. and this is only the beginning, among, and now these 180 judges, apparently, according to the position of the supreme court, should not return for evaluation, and accordingly will continue to judge, will continue to hear cases, will continue to receive a barricade and so on, among these judges, for example, are ms. judge sharko, who is leaving her position on this principle, but in the public integrity council, which provides information. as for such judges, it is very clearly stated that she remained in the occupied territories and tried to become a judge of the so-ca

of justice officials meet high standards. higher the qualification commission of judges continues to cleanse the judicial system of unscrupulous servants of themis. recently , pavlo gorbasenko, the judge and head of the commercial court of the kyiv region, once again had an interview to meet his position. consideration of this issue takes place after it was previously postponed for the clarification of additional information. that year , the commission postponed the final decision on gorbasenko and expected additional explanations and documents from him. therefore, at this meeting, the issue should be finally resolved, will he remain in the judge's chair. during this time , the public council of virtue discovered new facts of gorbasenko's dishonesty and drew up a new conclusion so that the members of the commission could study it. veronika kreydenkova, a member of the state council for probity, filed a motion to postpone the meeting. actually, there was supposed to be a review and completion of the review of his suitability for the position, but the public integrity council requested to postpone the meeting, because we voted o

of a motion to dismiss the judge from his position. now the supreme council of justice must make a formal decision, but serhii galyonki. can still appeal it. higher qualification the commissionjudges continues to weed out unworthy representatives. and recently, this process has gained momentum. many unscrupulous servants of themis were already one step away from being released. the commission recognized igor bonchev, judge of the fastiv city district court of the kyiv region, as unworthy of office. yes, it's hard to say here. because no one knows the whole truth. igor bonchev has a delay on his account. your fulfillment of the duty to maintain your qualifications as a judge at a high level. ihor bonchev did not overburden himself with work: i try be present in court as much as possible, once or twice a week. and on other days, what do you do? i am increasing my quali. well, and in what way let me find out? studies legislation. bonchev assures that he must do this, because the legislation is constantly changing, however, he has not been able to name at least two changes to the criminal procedure code in recent years. tell me, please, at least two or three amendments to the cr

of justice officials meet high standards. higher qualification the commission of judges continues to cleanse the judicial system of unscrupulous recently , pavlo gorbasenko, judge and head of the economic court of the kyiv region, once again conducted an interview regarding eligibility for my position. consideration of this issue takes place after it was postponed for the previous time to find out additional information. last year, the commission postponed the final decision on gorbasenko and expected additional explanations and documents from him. therefore, at this meeting , the question of whether he will remain in judges' chairs during this time, the public council of virtue discovered new facts of dishonesty. basenka drew up a new conclusion so that the members of the commission could study it, veronika kreydenkova, a member of the grd, filed a motion to postpone the meeting. actually, there was supposed to be a review and conclusion of the review of his suitability for the position, but the public integrity council proposed to postpone the meeting, because we voted on a new decision yesterday. the new conclusion of the s

the priorities tasks from the beginning of the work of the renewed higher qualification commission was to complete the qualification evaluation of judges from the big cities of kyiv, odesa, dnipro, and lviv. but the assessment has not yet been completed, moreover, the qualification assessment of the judges of the most scandalous liquidated district administration of kyiv has not even begun. most of the judges still haven't passed the tests. in the end. emids do not carry out judicial proceedings, but they still receive millions of funds from the budget. the supreme council of justice does not consider complaints against such judges, as a result of which we may have dismissal, and so on we have such a warm bath for the judges of oascu, when doing nothing you can get such a high judge's grape. 1,884 judges, local and appellate courts had to pass the qualification assessment. during the first year of work, the vkks managed to carry out only more than 130 interviews, there were panels that found out the source of the funds and the acquisition of property, and even certain decisions that the candidates made, however, unfortunately, there we

of this apartment. during the interview. candidate for the higher qualification commission, judge, you said that your sisterded the money for the purchase, her income from 1998 to the 12th year was a total of uah 680,28,332. perhaps i answered incorrectly then, two years before purchasing this apartment, the judge's sister bought another one for her mother in the capital with an area of ​​30. four squares, but the woman never lived in any of them, instead nataliya panchenko and her husband used the real estate. why did you live in this apartment? your sister bought the apartment where you lived, why so? i would not like to make public the reasons for purchasing this apartment for my sister, but due to certain life circumstances, she purchased it. at the same time, she stayed where she lived. in the case of the purchase of menno. my family did not need an apartment because we understood that in the near future we will get an apartment from the state. nataliya panchenko always had a lot of hopes for the state. with the help of social security, for example, they even managed to buy a new audi q7, registered it

also participated in the financing of this purchase of this apartment, during the interview, as a candidate for the higher qualification commission. judge, you said that the money for the purchase was provided by your sister, her income from 1998 to the 12th year totaled uah 680,28,332, maybe i answered incorrectly then, two years before the purchase of this apartment, the judge's sister bought another one in the capital for her mother 34 squares, but a woman has never lived in any of them. instead, natalia used real estate panchenko and her husband. why did you live in this apartment? your sister bought the apartment where you lived, why so? i would not like to make public the reasons for purchasing this apartment for my sister, but due to certain life circumstances, she purchased it. at the same time, she stayed where she lived. the need for me and my family to purchase an apartment was not necessary in connection with... the fact that we understood that in the near future we would receive an apartment, but from the state. natalia panchenko always had a lot for the state hopes with the help of social security, for example, it was poss

also participated in the financing of this purchase of this apartment, during the interview, as a candidate for the judge's higher qualification commissionid that... and the money for the purchase was provided by your ses sister, her income from 988 to 12 was a total of uah 680,28,332, perhaps i answered incorrectly then, two years before purchasing this apartment, the judge’s sister bought another one for her mother in the capital with an area of ​​34 square meters, but the woman never lived in any of them, instead , natalia used real estate... why you lived in this apartment? your sister bought the apartment where you lived, why so? i would not like to publicly disclose the reasons for purchasing this apartment for my sister, but due to certain life circumstances, she purchased it. at the same time, she stayed where she lived. there was no need for me and my family to purchase an apartment due to the fact that we understood that... in the near future we will receive an apartment from the state. nataliya panchenko always had a lot of hopes for the state. with the help of social security, for example, i even managed to buy a new audi q7,

also participated in the financing of this purchase of this apartment, during the interview, as a candidate for the judge's higher qualification commissionsaid that the money for the purchase was provided by your sister, her. eh, the income from the 98th to the 12th year was a total of 680 and 28.32 hryvnias. maybe i answered incorrectly then. two years before purchasing this apartment, the judge's sister bought another one for her mother in the capital, with an area of ​​34 square meters, but the woman had never lived in any of them. instead , natalia panchenko and her husband used the real estate. why you lived in this apartment? did your sister buy an apartment? where did you live, why so? and the reasons for purchasing this apartment for my sister, i would not like to make public in general, but due to certain life circumstances, she purchased it, at the same time, she remained living where she lived. there was no need for me and my family to purchase an apartment due to the fact that we understood that in the near future we would receive an apartment from the state. natalia panchenko always had a lot of hopes for the state, with the

also participated in the financing of this purchase of this apartment, during the interview, as a candidate for the judge's higher qualification commissionat your sister provided the money for the purchase. her income from 1998 to 2012 totaled uah 680,28,332. maybe i answered incorrectly then. two years before purchasing this apartment, the judge's sister bought another one for her mother in the capital with an area of ​​34 square meters, but the woman never lived in any of them. instead , natalia panchenko and her husband used the real estate. why did you live in this apartment? your sister bala apartment, where did you live, why so? and the reasons for purchasing this apartment for my sister, i would not like to make public at all, but due to certain life circumstances, she purchased it, along with this, she remained living where she lived, there was no need for me, my family, to purchase an apartment due to the fact that we understood that we would get an apartment in the near future, and... from state to state natalia panchenko always had a lot of hopes, with the help of social security, for example, she even managed to buy a new aud

higher the qualification committee of judges continues to weed out unworthy representatives. and recently, this process has gained momentum. many unscrupulous servants of themis were already one step away from being released. the commissionjudge of the fastiv city district court of the kyiv region, as unworthy of office. it's so hard to say here because no one knows the whole truth. on the account of ihor bonchev, the delay of cases due to sloppy management, the discrepancy of life with official incomes and dubious sources of the origin of wealth. well, not quite conscientious, your performance of duty regarding maintaining your qualifications as a judge at a high level. ihor bonchev did not overburden himself with work. i try to be as much as possible. judge in court once or twice a week, on other days, what do you do, improve my qualifications, well, uh, and in what way, let me find out? i am studying law. bonchev assures that he must do this, because the legislation is constantly changing, however, he has not been able to name at least two changes to the criminal procedure code in recent years. tell me, please, well, at least two... three changes to it of the criminal procedure code, which were adopted by law, introdu