In Ukraine, the judge who refused to arrest Saakashvili was dealt with
Judge Larisa Tsokol of the Pechersky District Court of Kyiv, who refused to arrest ex-President of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili, has been temporarily suspended from her official duties, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
This was reported by the press service of the High Council of Justice.
“According to part seven of Article 49 of the Law of Ukraine “On the Judicial System and Status of Judges” and part two of Article 62 of the Law of Ukraine “On the High Council of Justice”, taking into account the decision made by the First Disciplinary Chamber of the High Council of Justice on October 19, 2018, the judge of the Pechersky District Court of the city of Kyiv Tsokol Larisa Ivanovna has been removed from justice,” the message says.
As noted in the GRP, if the body considering the case of bringing judges to disciplinary liability makes a decision to apply a disciplinary sanction to the judge in the form of a motion to dismiss the judge from office, such a judge is automatically temporarily suspended from justice until a decision is made on his dismissal from office by the Supreme Court. council of justice.
“The duration of the removal of judges from justice is until the High Council of Justice makes a decision on their dismissal from office or the cancellation of the decision of the Disciplinary Chamber,” noted the press service of the Verkhovna Rada.
In December 2017, the first disciplinary chamber of the High Council of Justice decided to open a disciplinary case against the judge of the Pechersky District Court of Kyiv Larisa Tsokol in connection with a complaint filed against her.
On December 11, the Pechersky District Court of Kyiv refused the prosecutor's office to apply a preventive measure in the form of XNUMX-hour house arrest for the former head of the Odessa Regional State Administration Saakashvili.
In Ukraine , they dealt with the judge who refused to arrest Saakashvili.