CASE OF
TOMOS AGAINST
POROSHENKO OPENED ON FILARET'S COMPLAINT
Ukrainiskaia
Pravda,
19 June 2020
The
State Bureau of
Investigation [GBR] does not intend to cast doubt on the
legitimacy of the
creation of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine [PTsU], and it
explains that the
case against the fifth president, Petro Poroshenko, was opened
back in 2019 on
the basis of a declaration by the primate of the UPTsKP,
Filaret.
Source:
an informed
interlocutor of Ukrainskaia Pravda in the GBR.
Direct
quote:
"The case was opened in November 2019 by the SBU [Security
Service of
Ukraine] on the basis of a declaration by Filaret. The reason
for doing this
was a complaint against the government leadership mainly because
the money that
the UPTsKP received, primarily from its foreign representations,
is being paid
to Constantinople since the creation of the PTsU.
"This is
a P.R.
move on the part of Petro Poroshenko and we do not intend to
play on the topic
of religion and interfere in the activity of the PTsU nor to
cast doubt on the
legitimacy of its creation."
What
preceded: On 18
June, at a court hearing to select a measure of restriction in
the case about
the possible illegal appointment of the head of the Foreign
Intelligence
Service, the fifth president, Petro Poroshenko, declared that a
case had been
opened against him for "inciting religious strife," due to the
incident of receiving the tomos by the Ukrainian autocephalous
church.
The GBR
confirmed the
opening of the case by the Security Service of Ukraine back in
2019. (tr. by
PDS, posted 19 June 2020)
Background article:
Former
Ukrainian president threatened for church policy
June 18, 2020
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