I’m not a lawyer, and I don’t play one on the internet, either.
Bottom line is that the government was removed at the threat of the mob. That’s called a “Coup”.
“Bottom line is that the government was removed at the threat of the mob. That’s called a ‘Coup’.”
The Verkhovna Rada (Parliament) is the elected government of the Ukraine, and it has not been overthrown by force yet, despite the efforts of former President Yanukovych to subvert and overthrow the constitutional powers of the Verkhovna Rada with the assistance of foreign Russian intelligence services and military forces.
Coup d’état. Political move to overthrow existing government by force...(Black’s Law Dictionary, 6th, 1990, p. 351).
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Press office of President’sResolution of the Verkhovna Rada No. 764-VII of 23.02.2014
On conferring powers of the President of Ukraine on the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada according to article 112 of the Constitution of Ukraine’
given that President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych withdrew from performing the constitutional powers
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine hereby resolves:
1. To confer the powers of the President of Ukraine on Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Turchynov Oleksandr Valentynovych according to article 112 of the Constitution of Ukraine.
2. The given Resolution shall enter into force upon its adoption.
Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada
O.TURCHYNOV
Former President Yanukovych has denied his resignation from the office of the president despite the Deputies of the Verkhovna Rada witnessing his resignation. If Yanukovych believes he has a genuine complaint about the Verkhovna Rada improperly claiming Yanukovych resigned his office, he has the duty to file a complaint with the Constitutional Court of Ukraine. Yanukovych has not filed such a complaint with the Constitutional Court of Ukraine. Instead, Yanukovych has engaged in a wide variety of acts of treason before and after his resignation with the objective of overthrowing the constitutional government of Ukraine, which meets the definitions of attempts to commit a Coup d’état and/or insurrection.