Constitutional Court declares decree on parliament dissolution constitutional - source

A respective decision was taken during a closed session of the court's grand chamber on Thursday, June 20, a well-informed source in the court told Ukrinform.

"The court has recognized the presidential decree on the parliament's dissolution as constitutional," the source said.

Viktor Kryvenko was the judge-rapporteur in this case.

As was reported earlier, Zelensky announced the dissolution of the Verkhovna Rada in his inaugural speech on May 20. On May 21, he signed a decree on the dissolution of the parliament and the calling of snap elections on July 21.

The decree came into force on May 23 after its publication in the government's Uriadovy Kurier newspaper.

On May 24, People's Front MPs Andriy Teteruk and Ihor Alekseyev submitted a motion to the Constitutional Court regarding the unconstitutionality of the presidential decree on the early termination of the powers of the Verkhovna Rada. They asked the court to consider the motion within a month.

On May 29, the Constitutional Court opened proceedings in this case and set its consideration in the form of a verbal hearing for June 11. The court then proceeded to the consideration of the case behind closed doors.

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