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Ukrainian Protesters Claim 'Temporary Victory' As Zelenskyy Submits New Bill
UKRAINE, JUL 25 – The bill restores procedural powers of Ukraine's anti-corruption agencies and introduces safeguards against foreign interference, addressing concerns raised by protests and European officials.
- On Thursday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy submitted the draft bill to the Verkhovna Rada, restoring agency powers and aiming to calm outrage.
- On Tuesday, thousands of Ukrainians defied martial law to protest, after a law placed NABU and SAPO under the prosecutor general’s authority, prompting Zelenskyy to promise new legislation restoring institutional independence.
- The draft bill contains provisions consolidating SAPO’s independent management of NABU investigations, introduces preventive counterintelligence measures, and adds a mechanism to prevent foreign subversion of anti-corruption staff.
- NABU and SAPO called on the Verkhovna Rada to adopt the bill in full as a basis soon, while opposition lawmakers prepared their own legislation to revoke the previous law.
- European officials said addressing corruption is essential for Ukraine’s EU membership and aid, and it remains unclear when the Verkhovna Rada will vote on the new bill.
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Why Zelensky Backtracked on His Controversial Law - Overpasses For America
Facing growing pressure amid nationwide protests, President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine backtracked on controversial legislation that would have weakened the country’s independent anticorruption institutions. Katrin Bennhold, a senior writer, and Marc Santora, an international news editor for The New York Times, explain the events that led to the reversal. Source link
Analysis: The signing of a law that dismantled the independence of two corruption watchdogs was met with protests from so many sides that President Zelenskyy has made a 180-degree turn in record time and even thanked the protesters.
After the protests in the square in several cities of Ukraine, on July 24, President Volodymyr Zelensky went back and presented a new bill aimed at restoring the independence of the anti-corruption agencies of the country. Only two days earlier, the parliament had approved and the president had signed a controversial law that in fact deprived the National Anti-corruption Office (Nabu) and the specialised anti-corruption Public Prosecutor's Offic…
Zelenskyy Backtracks on Anti-Corruption Law After Protests, EU Criticism
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Thursday submitted a new bill that would restore the independence of Ukraine’s anti-graft agencies after a law passed earlier this week provoked protests from Ukrainians and criticism from the European Union. Ukraine’s two main anti-corruption bodies, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO), welcomed the new bill, which they sa…
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