Impeachment in Ukraine

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Impeachment in Ukraine is an expressed power of Ukraine's national legislature, the

Members of the Verkhovna Rada, known as People's Deputies of Ukraine, can also be removed by impeachment.

Procedure

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Constitution of Ukraine

The impeachment procedure is initiated by a majority vote in the Verkhovna Rada. To conduct the impeachment investigation, the Rada establishes a special temporary investigatory commission, whose composition includes a special prosecutor and special investigators. The conclusions and proposals of the commission are then considered at a meeting of the Rada, which will vote on whether to adopt the accusations; a two-thirds vote is needed to proceed. The charges are then reviewed by the Constitutional Court of Ukraine as well as the Supreme Court of Ukraine; the former rules whether the investigation properly observed constitutional procedure, the latter on whether the accusations against the president rise to the level of state treason or another crime. Finally, a three-quarters vote in the Rada is necessary to convict the president and remove them from office. Should this occur, the Chairperson of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine will serve as acting president until a new president can be elected.^[1]

History

Revolution of Dignity

In February 2014, the

The vote came an hour after Yanukovych said in a televised address that he would not resign. He subsequently declared himself to still be "the legitimate head of the Ukrainian state elected in a free vote by Ukrainian citizens".^[9] However, no country recognized this claim except Russia, which only recognized Yanukovych as head of Ukraine for a few more months: in May 2014, they joined most other countries in recognizing the newly elected Ukrainian government as the rightful leadership of the country.^[10]

Parliament

Article 80 of the