The possible dismantling of a tent camp on Khreschatyk Street outside the building of Kyiv's Pechersky District Court depends on whether the tents are considered kiosks or propaganda tents.
A source in law enforcement agencies told Interfax-Ukraine that the decision on how to call tents with signs saying they are public reception rooms of people’s deputies should be taken by lawyers from Kyiv City State Administration.
If they decide that the tents are kiosks, then, by law, they can be removed without a respective court ruling.
If the public reception rooms of people’s deputies are described as propaganda tents, then the Kyiv authorities should lodge a respective lawsuit in court and demand that they be dismantled. Then, if the court issues a positive ruling, they will be removed.
Thus, the question is how the tent camp on Khreschatyk Street will be called from the legal point of view.
As reported, Ukraine’s former premier Yulia Tymoshenko was arrested last Friday in Pechersky District Court during the hearing of the case against her and taken to the Lukyanivka detention facility. Also on Friday, the ex-premier’s supporters and lawmakers decided to launch a protest against her arrest for an indefinite period of time.
The District Administrative Court of Kyiv on Saturday evening banned peaceful opposition rallies outside Pechersky District Court and the Lukyanivka detention facility. The court banned any actions in Khreschatyk Street and in Independence Square on August 7 through 31 and also in Dehtiarivska Street and along the entire perimeter of the detention facility – without any time limitation.
