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1. **Essence of the Ruling:** This ruling of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine concerns the consolidation of two constitutional proceedings into one. Both proceedings were initiated based on constitutional complaints from citizens regarding the constitutionality of the provisions of the Law of Ukraine “On the Status of War Veterans, Guarantees of Their Social Protection,” namely part five of Article 13 as amended, which concerns a one-time monetary payment to war veterans. The Court decided that both complaints relate to the same issue, so it is advisable to consider them together.
2. **Structure of the Ruling:**
* **Introductory Part:** Contains information about the judges who participated in the consideration of the case, as well as a list of constitutional complaints being considered.
* **Descriptive Part:** Describes the course of constitutional proceedings for each complaint separately, in particular, the decision to open proceedings and transition to a plenary session.
* **Motivating Part:** Contains the justification for the decision to consolidate the cases into one proceeding, referring to the Law of Ukraine “On the Constitutional Court of Ukraine.”
* **Resolutive Part:** Contains the decision to consolidate the constitutional proceedings and transfer the case to the Second Senate of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine, with the appointment of a reporting judge.
3. **Key Provisions:**
* Consolidation of constitutional proceedings occurs if they relate to the same or related issues.
* In the event of consolidation of proceedings that are under consideration by different senates, the decision is made by the Grand Chamber of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine.
* The consolidated case is transferred to one of the senates, which is determined by the Grand Chamber.
* The case concerns the social protection of war veterans, which is an important aspect of state policy.
