Poroshenko's lawyers demand cancellation of suspicion in coal case over procedural violations
The defense attorneys of fifth President of Ukraine, European Solidarity party leader, and People's Deputy Petro Poroshenko have stated that the notice of suspicion issued against him in 2021 within the framework of the so-called "coal case" must be canceled due to violations of procedural requirements during its execution, the political force's website has reported.
Defense attorneys for former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko have demanded the cancellation of the suspicion notice issued against him in the 2021 coal case. According to their website, the legal team argues that procedural violations during the issuance of the notice render it invalid. Lawyer Ihor Holovan drew a parallel to a similar case involving NABU Director Semen Kryvonos, where the Prosecutor General's Office deemed the notice flawed due to non-compliance with Criminal Procedure Code requirements on service and suspicion notification.
Holovan asserted that Poroshenko's notice also failed to meet these requirements, as it was not properly served or communicated. The document was signed by then-Deputy Prosecutor General Oleksiy Symonenko. Lawyer Ilya Novikov emphasized that, per the Criminal Procedure Code, a notice of suspicion for a people's deputy should be signed by the Prosecutor General.
He pointed out that Iryna Venediktova, the Prosecutor General at the time, neither signed the suspicion nor the arrest motion for Poroshenko. The defense team contends that since Kryvonos' suspicion was deemed invalid due to procedural flaws, the same principle should apply to Poroshenko's case. Consequently, they have filed a motion with a panel of judges at the Shevchenkivsky District Court in Kyiv.
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