President Viktor Yuschenko has said that his decree No.297 of April 3, with which he cancelled the President's decree of March 25, 2004 on the appointment of Suzanna Stanik as Constitutional Court judge, complies with the Constitution and laws.

Ukrainian News learned this from the press service of the Head of State.

The press service refers to Articles 126, 148 and 149 of the Constitution, according to which the President and the Verkhovna Rada are independent from each other and are self-governing authorities in realization of powers regarding formation of the Constitutional Court.

Moreover, the press service stressed that the position of Yuschenko on the issuance of the decree has been formulated and made public under the established procedure.

When issuing decree No.297 on April 3, 2008, which cancels decree No.368 of the President of Ukraine "On the Appointment of S. Stanik as Judge of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine," dated March 24, 2004, the President was guided by the provisions of section 2 of Article 19, section 2 of Article 102, clause 22 of section 1 of Article 106, section 3 of Article 106, section 1 and 2 of Article 148, and the requirements of Article 17 of the Law of Ukraine "On the Constitutional Court," the report reads.

In this respect, decree No.297 of April 3 complies with the Constitution, laws, the requirements of lawfulness and the principle of supremacy of law, Yuschenko opined.

As Ukrainian News earlier reported, the Verkhovna Rada sent an appeal to Yuschenko on April 9 to request him to consider the constitutionality of his April 3 decree revoking the decree of March 25, 2004 on the appointment of Suzanna Stanik as Constitutional Court judge.

Fifty-six Verkhovna Rada deputies addressed the Constitutional Court on April 7, asking it to assess the legitimacy of Yuschenko's April 3 decree revoking ex-president Leonid Kuchma's March 25, 2004 decree on the appointment of Stanik as Constitutional Court judge.

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