INSTITUTE OF IMPEACHMENT: FOREIGN EXPERIENCE OF REGULATION AND WAYS OF ITS IMPROVEMENT IN UKRAINE

The article discusses the institution of impeachment in Ukraine and its general characteristics, explores the grounds for dismissing the president from office by impeachment in foreign countries. The main shortcomings in the legislative regulation of impeachment were investigated and, through the prism of foreign experience, some ways to solve it were proposed. The article analyzes the legal regulation of the institution of impeachment in Ukraine, examines in detail the grounds for dismissal from the post by impeachment of the President of Ukraine, notes the need for legislative consolidation of legal consequences in case of termination of the impeachment procedure due to the resignation of the President. Particular attention is paid to the study of the categories of «high treason» and «other crimes» as the grounds for impeachment.