EuroMaidan Revolution
Halya Coynash: New leaders, same questionable practices
In the frenetic moves Ukraine’s new leaders are making to shed the country’s recent past, they are demonstrating regrettable continuity in style and mentality with their predecessors. This is particularly seen in their unwillingness to separate the judiciary and legislative branches of power, with the same political motivation and manipulation of legal norms emerging. Moves are likely on Feb 25 to remove Human Rights Ombudsperson, Valeria Lutkovska. Others have already been taken to oust the Constitutional Court judges who voted to return the 1996 Constitution.