The FINANCIAL — Jean-Claude Mignon, President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), welcomed the liberation by the Ukrainian authorities of former Interior Minister Yuri Lutsenko, according to the Council of Europe.
“I warmly welcome the liberation of Mr Lutsenko. During my recent visit to Ukraine I had a long talk with President Yanukovich during which I again expressed my position, and that of the Parliamentary Assembly, that the problem of imprisoned former government members needed to be swiftly resolved.
I am happy that this message was heard, and I hope that yesterday’s pardon is a clear sign of a turnaround in the Ukrainian authorities’ approach to dealing with those cases considered by PACE as arising from the selective application of justice.
I now call on the authorities to rapidly find a solution, in line with Council of Europe principles, to the emblematic case of former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, and to reform the legal system so that such cases do not recur.”
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