The summons issued to Ukraine’s ex-President Viktor Yanukovych to the Kyiv Obolonsky District Court in the ‘high treason case’ is legally void, Yanukovych’s lawyer Vitaliy Serdiuk said.
“I will definitely be present in court. As for the summons issued to Viktor Yanukovych, I will say that every citizen of Ukraine who is abroad, according to the law, is summonsed through the Justice Ministry of the country where he is. No summonses were issued in accordance with the procedures outlined in Code of Criminal Procedure Article 135, and therefore Yanukovych is not considered officially notified about the time and venue of the hearing and the court cannot begin the trial without properly summonsing the person to court,” Serdiuk said on 112.Ukraine television on April 20.
“What you saw on the judiciary’s website and what was published about the summons being sent by mail has no legal force and will make the hearing of the case on its merits impossible,” he said.
It was reported earlier that the Kyiv Obolonsky District Court summoned Yanukovych to a hearing on May 4 as a person accused in a high treason case.
