Supreme Court challenges president's power to form energy and utilities regulator
The Supreme Court of Ukraine has argued that the formation of the National Commission for Energy, Housing and Utilities Services Regulation by the Ukrainian president is unconstitutional. The court filed relevant application to the Constitutional Court of Ukraine.
"The Supreme Court believes that when Ukraine was presidential-parliamentary republic, this was the prerogative of the president. But in February 2014 the Constitution implying the parliamentary presidential form of government was restored, so this is not the duty of the Ukrainian president anymore," Chief Justice Yaroslav Romaniuk said at a briefing in Kyiv on Monday.
Judge of the administrative chamber of the Supreme Court of Ukraine Oleh Kryvenda said that the Supreme Court on May 30 decided to ask the Constitutional Court of Ukraine if the law on natural monpolies, law on electricity, law on the state regulation in the utilities area, law on drinking water and water supplies, presidential decree of August 27, 2014 on the National Commission for Energy, Housing and Utilities Services Regulation, presidential decree of September 10, 2014 on the approval of the resolution on the National Commission for Energy, Housing and Utilities Services Regulation are in line with the Constitution of Ukraine.
