US has ‘no right to fund gangsters’: Yanukovich seeks to challenge $1bn Ukraine aid in US courts: “I plan on appealing to the Congress, Senate, and US Supreme Court with an urgent proposal to provide a legal assessment of the actions of the country. You have no right in your own laws to allocate funds to gangsters,” Yanukovich told a small group of reporters in Rostov-on-Don, in his second news conference since he left Kiev for Russia. Yanukovich still considers himself to be the legitimate president of Ukraine, even though he was ousted by his own Party of Regions. On February 22, the Ukrainian Parliament, the Rada, voted to impeach Yanukovich and changed the constitution, which could indicate a coup occurred. Oleksandr Turchynov was elected as interim president until elections are held on May 25. Yanukovich considers the May elections to both be unconstitutional and illegitimate. As far as I’m concerned, under US law its illegal to provide financial assistance to the government of any state that has been overthrown by a military coup or other illegal circumstances,” Yanukovich said. Last week, while on a visit to Kiev, Secretary of State John Kerry said Washington is considering aid options for Ukraine, both in the form of loan guarantees as well as energy support. No deal has been officially put forward or signed by either the US or Ukraine. The most common ways for cases to reach the US Supreme Court is through a circuit or state court, which decide whether the case deserves to be heard at the highest level. If the case it rejected by lower courts, the plaintiff can issue an appeal, called a ‘certiorari’, and ask the Supreme Court to directly hear the case. The Supreme Court can also reject this measure. On March 5, the European Commission proposed an 11 billion euro helping hand to cash-strapped Ukraine, which it estimates needs 3-4 billion euro to last through the May elections
Posted on: Tue, 11 Mar 2014 11:24:05 +0000
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