Ukrainian Parliament approves constitutional amendments on judicial reform in the first reading

<p>President Petro Poroshenko called today’s actions of the Verkhovna Rada on building an independent court system historic. The Parliament approved respective constitutional amendments in the first reading today.&nbsp;<span style="line-height: 20.4px;">The President commented on this event at the meeting with NB8 delegation which is on a working visit to Ukraine.&nbsp;</span><span style="line-height: 20.4px;">The Head of State is hopeful that the final approval of the given draft law would take place in the coming months. “This will allow making several important steps – abolish judicial immunity and create an independent testing system that will renew the judicial corps under the European rules,” Petro Poroshenko said.</span></p>
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