Anti-corruption bills spark widespread protests across Ukraine as zelenskyy points to Russia

The Ukrainian is TarkinG heads out on the streets after the passage of a controversial bill that threatens the autonomy of the two anti-corruption agencies.

This law gives general prosecutors appointed by the president to increase the power of the country. Ukraine National Bureau of Anti-Corruption (NABU) and the Professional Anti-Corruption Public Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO).

Ukrainian President Voldymir Zelensky is currently facing the biggest protest since Russia’s 2022 invasion. Protesters gathered outside Kiev’s presidential administration, while other protests took place in small cities across the country.

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The vote came the day after two NABU officials were arrested over ties with Russia. According to Reuters. The outlet said the Ukrainian domestic security agency, which carried out the arrests, also conducted background checks.

“I have gathered all the heads of Ukrainian law enforcement agencies Anti-corruption Agencywith the prosecutor. It was a much-needed meeting – a truly helpful, honest and constructive conversation,” Zelensky wrote to X: And defending the Ukrainian state requires strong enough law enforcement and anti-corruption systems. This guarantees a true sense of justice. ”

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“In effect, if this bill becomes law, the head of SAPO will become nominal figures, Nabu will lose independence and become a subdivision of the prosecutor’s office,” the agency said in a joint statement by Telegram.

European Expansion Committee Chairman Marta Kos expressed concern over the vote and said “the dismantling of the main safeguards protecting Nab’s independence is a serious step.”

Zelenskyyy said in another X-Post that “the influence of anti-corruption” should be “Russian” following the meeting, which included Nabu supervisor Semen Kryvonos, Sapo prosecutor Oleksandr Klymenko, prosecutor Ruslan Kravchenko, and head of security services for Ukraine Vasyl Maliuk.

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The latest move by the Ukrainian government is to crack down on internal corruption, which risks risking bids to join the European Union. Additionally, it could put a strain on the warming relationship between Zelenskyy and the President Donald Trumpaccused Ukrainian leaders of being “an election-free dictator.”

Both the US and the EU are supporting Ukrainian activists who demand the power to establish independent institutions and clean up corruption; According to Axios. However, pressure fell significantly after Russia invaded Ukraine.