The Pechersk Court considered the prosecutor's petition and decided to remove the president of the Ukrainian Football Association (UAF) Andriy Pavelko from his post for one month, but the functionary will continue to perform his duties.

The UAF announced that an appeal had been filed against this decision.. The suspension will only take effect if it is rejected..

" It is this procedure for the execution of the decision that was established by the judge of the Pechersk Court following the consideration of the prosecutor's petition.

Thus, until the end of the appeal hearing of such a case, Andrei Pavelko is authorized to fulfill his duties as president of the UAF.

The appeal against today's decision of the Pechersk Court has already been sent to the appellate court.. Work has also begun on the preparation of statements of claim to the European Court of Human Rights.

This decision of the Pechersk Court will not have any legal consequences for the activities of the Ukrainian Football Association, and therefore it is obvious that it is aimed solely at discrediting the leadership of the association and Ukrainian football in general, in particular, and in the eyes of the international football community on the eve of the election of members of the UEFA Executive Committee.

This decision is absolutely unreasonable and grossly contrary to the UEFA and FIFA Statutes, which categorically prohibit the interference of local courts in the work of national football organizations,"

A similar decision was made regarding UAF Secretary General Yuriy Zapisotsky. It has also been appealed..

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Recall that the current president of the UAF, Andrei Pavelko, and the organization’s general secretary, Yuriy Zapisotsky, are defendants in a corruption case.. Both were sentenced to two months in prison, after which two bails were posted for them in the amount of almost 20 million hryvnias..