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Chairman of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine, Oleksandr Tupytsky, has challenged in the Supreme Court the decree issued by President Volodymyr Zelensky on own dismissal from office.
That's according to the Supreme Court's press service.
"On February 1, the Administrative Court of Cassation that is part of the Supreme Court received a claim where the plaintiff appeals against the Decree of the President of Ukraine of December 29, 2020, No. 607/2020 'On the dismissal of a judge of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine', from the moment of its adoption," the statement says.
Judging by the data published on the Sudova Vlada web portal, the plaintiff is CCU chief Judge Oleksandr Tupytsky, while President Volodymyr Zelensky is the defendant.