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Ukrainian Constitutional Court Put under Guard
Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko has signed an order to provide the country's Constitutional Court judges with guards, according to deputy director of the presidential secretariat Igor Pukshin, who said that the move came in response to a petition from five of the court's judges.
The five judges, who are considered close to the president, complained about pressure form political forces that prevented them from performing their duties. After they petitioned for guard protection, the court's press service announced that the court's hearing of the case of the constitutionality of the president's dissolution of parliament would be postponed from April 11 to April 17.
Ukrainian Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovich stated today that the judges' decision to delay their ruling was on their consciences. Justice Minister Alexander Lavrinovich said that they had violated their oaths.
The continuing political crisis in the country has also affected it economically, especially in the quotations on its Eurobonds. The country's most attractive bond, with payoff in 2013, lost 50 base points in one day (April 2), while all other countries have been seeing an rise in their positions, according to the Economics Ministry. Inflation is increasing and the Ukrainian federal budget took in 27 percent less funds in the first five working days of April than it did one month previously. The Ukrainian hryvnia is falling against the dollar and the demand for hard currency is increasing.
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