Halya Coynash: Creating a trustworthy judiciary
Revolutions most often fail because only the faces in power change. This was the fate of the 2004 Orange Revolution, and a pressing imperative now is to ensure that the same thing does not happen again. The demands from the popular Maidan movement are for total lustration – a cleansing of all ranks of power. The first problem is, of course, the faces. Almost all now in power have been around for a long time, and they are unlikely to support measures which could touch them. There are numerous other issues – regarding criteria for lustration; the consequences; who makes the decisions; and major dangers inherent in such procedure – which will be addressed separately. The following concerns one specific law which may shortly be passed on lustration of judges.