Ukraine’s parliament passes bill destroying independence of key anti-corruption bodies

https://kyivindependent.com/bill-subordinating-top-anti-corruption-agencies-to-prosecutor-generals-office/

by Putaineska

26 comments

  1. Well lets hope that Zelinsky veto’s this legislation as it would make EU financially helping Ukraine difficult.

  3. >The only way to reverse the damage is for the President to veto the law. Otherwise, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will share responsibility with the Verkhovna Rada for dismantling Ukraine’s anti-corruption infrastructure.

    ([We Call on the President to Veto and Stop the Dismantling of NABU and SAPO’s Independence – Transparency International Ukraine](https://ti-ukraine.org/en/news/we-call-on-the-president-to-veto-and-stop-the-dismantling-of-nabu-and-sapo-s-independence/))

    >What happened in the [Verkhovna Rada](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verkhovna_Rada) is an act of internal subversion in the context of war. I can already see the total rejection of this initiative by society. The military, volunteers, public figures, the vast majority are outraged by the actions of MPs. This decision of the Verkhovna Rada significantly demoralises people and creates the basis for internal discord and confrontation. It undermines trust in state institutions. In times of war, the only way to survive is to unite. A country in which the government loses the support of its citizens cannot effectively resist the aggressor. This is an axiom. This is a gift to Moscow that is better than all the PSYOPs put together. All is not lost. The President may veto or not sign the bill. I hope so. NABU and SAPO must be independent institutions. (Translated with DeepL)

    ([Sternenko](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serhii_Sternenko), can’t link to his orginal telegram post tho)

  4. As a Ukrainian, this is fucking embracing and can not be defended. The whole telegram is fuming. As always one step forward and two steps backwards…

    Edit: *embarrassing

  5. The main thing in investigating corruption is not to get caught yourself

  6. perfect way to offer the west a reason to stop helping Ukraine in this particular moment where they are already faltering

    i hope Zelensky will be smart enough to understand that this need to be stopped if he really wanna keep the boar afloat

  7. Which acts as a reminder that you don’t need to agree with everything a country does to recognise they deserve their independence and not get bombarded by Russia. Yes, Ukraine still has problems, but that is not a reason to abandon them to fend for themselves.

    Edit: yes we can’t just ignore the problems and continue giving them as many funds as they want, but we should use our money as a bargaining chip, they either get their shit together or they stop getting funds. Problem is a lot of anti Ukraine groups will use this as an excuse to just stop all aid to them, which imo is completely wrong.

  9. I mean, Ukraine is corrupt and will be corrupt for along time, a defensive war normally just makes the situation worse not better

  11. People tend to forget that prior to war Ukraine was second most corrupt country in Europe and whole mix of corruption, oligarchy, problems with independent judiciary and agencies was a common issue EU was constantly raising up to late 2021.

  13. I can’t even express how embarrassing this is. Also a literal gift to russia and russian apologists. Incredible😍

  15. And this is why everyone that’s saying that Ukraine should join the EU ASAP, is wrong.

    The EU needs to have very strict regulations and powers to fight corruption in member states. We really don’t need another Hungary in the EU… Until the EU has real power over member states, or member states can be prevented from voting, or kicked out, there should not be any new countries added to the EU.

  16. EU should come out with a statement threatening their EU membership process. This is absolutely unacceptable.

  17. Ukrainian twitter is outraged by this. Telegram channels are going off against the passing off this law too. Not that it helps though, but this makes Zelensky look VERY bad.

  18. Thunder is rumbling around me now. Even the skies are angry.

  19. This is Ukraine shooting itself in the foot and it’s very sad to watch happen

  20. Ah, would you look at that? The bill that nullifies all anti-corruption efforts for past 11 years gets passed, this time it’s parliament straight up voting for it. No people to claim russian propagandists those journalists who cover this topic, bots not having too many options to save it for Zelensky, even G7 voiced against this. People, listen up, if you want to help Ukraine, you UPVOTE threads like these, not downvote them, please. Let me remind everyone that NABU/SAPO case is just one of the many recent fucked up actions. A followup for

    * [Ukraine’s top anti-corruption activist faces charges](https://kyivindependent.com/antac-shabunin-case/)
    * [Ukrainian businesses outraged as government blocks economic crimes bureau chief nominee](https://kyivindependent.com/government-rejects-candidate-for-anti-corruption-agency-contradicting-independent-commissions-decision/)
    * [Zelenskyy’s MPs propose full amnesty for crimes related to arms procurement](https://antac.org.ua/en/news/zelenskyy-s-mps-propose-full-amnesty-for-crimes-related-to-arms-procurement/)

  22. Wow guys, if you want to join the EU eventually, this is not the way to do it.

  25. While I do agree that this is a major setback and this bill should be scrapped, it’s funny to see some comments over here immediately calling for a cut to EU funding to Ukraine’s military effort.

    Quite a few Russian trolls were just aching for a newspiece like this. It’s admittedly a perfect casus belli

  26. Well that definitely greatly hurts Ukraine’s EU accession chances. If Zelenskyy doesn’t use his veto to reverse this awful bill, it will look very bad for him.

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