Venice Commission urges Ukraine to amend Constitution to enable judicial reform

17:07, 30.10.2015 1 min read

Secretary of the European Commission for Democracy through Law (the Venice Commission) Thomas Markert has advised Ukraine against delaying judicial reform and also said that the country should adopt the relevant amendments to the Constitution as soon as possible.

Speaking at a briefing in Kyiv on Friday, Markert said that the Venice Commission believes that the most important thing for Ukraine is to act quickly.

He said that Ukraine has delayed reforming its judicial system for a long time, and it is now high time for the country to act quickly and for the Verkhovna Rada to approve the draft amendments to the Constitution of Ukraine on the justice system.

According to him, one should not forget that after the amendments to the Constitution are passed, there is still a lot of work to be done.

In addition, laws that will make it possible to carry out these amendments should be passed and implemented, Markert said.