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Demonstrators gather outside Constitutional Court chairman’s home, call for him to resign

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Police officers block the road to keep activists from the NGO Automaidan away from the house of Constitutional Court chairman Oleksandr Tupytsky outside Kyiv on Nov. 6, 2020. Protesters are calling for the resignation of Constitutional Court judges, following several major rulings that severely damaged anti-corruption reform.
Photo by Volodymyr Petrov

After plunging the country into a constitutional crisis, the judges of the Constitutional Court became some of the most hated Ukrainians in the country.

Activists from the NGO Automaidan gathered near the home of Oleksandr Tupytsky, head of the Constitutional Court, 30 kilometers outside Kyiv on Nov. 7, calling for the resignation of Constitutional Court judges, whom they accused of corruption. Police blocked off the house as the protesters displayed a symbolic gallows and waved signs accusing the judges of taking bribes.

Over the past several months, the Constitutional Court declared multiple pillars of reform unconstitutional, including the National Anti-Corruption Body of Ukraine and the strict electronic wealth declarations of public officials. They are also poised to demolish land reform and the Deposit Guarantee Fund.

This may cut Ukraine off from receiving foreign financial aid and lead to heavy economic and political losses.