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July 27th, 2017 
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nsnbc : Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko signed a decree to suspend former Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili’s Ukrainian citizenship. Saakashvili is a fugitive from justice in Georgia.
The decree to suspend Saakashvili’s Ukrainian citizenship was signed after Ukraine’s State Migration Service had submitted evidence that Saakashvili had given incorrect information when he applied for Ukrainian citizenship in 2015 and after the Commission on Citizenship approved the suspension.
The decree cannot be published by the administration or other Ukrainian authorities because its publication would violate the law on protection of personal data. However, political discussions prior to the signing of the decree strongly suggest that Saakashvili may have given false information about the fact that he was under investigation in Georgia and abroad when he applied for Ukrainian citizenship in 2015.
Petro Poroshenko granted Saakashvili Ukrainian citizenship in May 2015 when he, controversially, appointed him as governor of Odessa Oblast (region). In December 2016 Georgian authorities stripped Saakashvili of his Georgian citizenship.
The legal status of Saakashvili is complicated. Because Georgia stripped Saakashvili of his citizenship, Ukraine’s suspension of his Ukrainian citizenship leaves Saakashvili stateless. Saakashvili and his lawyers could in other words challenge the suspension and also challenge any possible extradition to Georgia as well.
Moreover, the Ukrainian Constitution bans authorities from “stripping” anyone of citizenship, but lawyers discuss whether this also implies that they are prohibited from “suspending” someone’s citizenship. One might guess that either way, some lawyers will get rich “discussing” the issue.
In November 2016 Saakashvili left his office as governor of Odessa Obl. Much to the dismay of Poroshenko, Saakashvili, who is known for being somewhat unstable and erratic, has since launched his own political party, the Movement of New Forces (United National Movement). The party has been openly outspoken and criticized Ukrainian authorities.
In April 2017 Poroshenko and his administration also suspended the citizenships Sasha Borovik, and ally of Saakashvili, and Radical Party lawmaker Andriy Artemenko, because they allegedly have German and Canadian citizenship, respectively. Borovik denounced the suspension of his citizenship as “an unprecedented move that is more characteristic of the Soviet Union and other dictatorships”.
Saakashvili is wanted by the current Georgian government and Georgian authorities on a number of criminal charges. Saakashvili claims the charges are false, trumped-up and politically motivated. In 2014 prosecutors in Georgia charged Saakashvili with exceeding his authority. He was also charged with the use of force against protesters in the capital Tblisi in November 2007 and orders to raid a television station.
CH/L – nsnbc 27.07.2017
Source Article from https://nsnbc.me/2017/07/27/ukraine-suspends-saakashvilis-citizenship/
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