On July 22, Ukrainian President Volodimier Zelanski signed a law that banned Ukraine’s National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) and Special Anti-Corruption Prosecutor Office (SAPO), a few hours after the passage of the Ukrainian Parliament.
The move staged protests in many cities of Ukraine. Thousands of people took to the streets of Kiev, the protesters criticized what they saw as “return” in the era of Russian President Victor Yanukovich, who were forced to Russia during the Euromad Revolution in 2014.
The new law suggests that the Prosecutor General, which is appointed by the President with the approval of the Parliament, will have access to all NABU cases and therefore can provide access to other prosecutors. Prosecutor General NABU can issue instructions to investigators, focus on tests, stop proceedings on defense request and much more. The new law is therefore the procedural autonomy of SAPO.
“Freedom of both institutions – whether political influence and pressure on the future and ongoing investigation – is effectively destroyed,” SAPO prosecutor Oleksandr Klymenko told DW. Nabu director semen Cryvonos said, “Nabu and SAPO were made as bodies equipped with exclusive investigative forces to fight corruption at the highest level, with their full guarantee of their freedom.” “This is a condition for us [Ukrainian] Progress towards Europe. ,
Anti -selective corruption fighter?
Nabu and SAPO offices were discovered just a day before Ukraine’s controversial law was passed. Prosecutors of both agencies are suspected of maintaining relations with Russia. Some Ukrainian MPs have welcomed the new law, which includes former Prime Minister and Fatherland Party leader Yulia Taimenco, who accuse the two bodies of being selective in which they investigate corruption.
“You cannot say this anti-corruption structure, but a shadow government that controls all processes,” he said.
President Zelancesi has said that Ukrainian anti -corruption officer “free from Russian effects” will continue to work though. He said that “suspected corruption cases should be investigated; Over the years, some officials who have fled from Ukraine are living abroad without facing legal consequences.”
Zelansky said there was no rational explanation as to why bees were stopped for years in some billion dollar corruption cases and complained that Russia had gained access to sensitive information.
Law criticizes widely
The new law criticized the party lines, even with the members of the Jelanceci’s own ruling servant, his ruling man’s ruling servant expressed rejection. Next to the vote, Anastasia Redina, who presides over the Anti-Parliamentary Anti-Corruption Committee, warned that the law would be “frightening” sects for the Ukrainian state.
The opposition European solidarity parliamentary group said that the anti -corruption system was one of the biggest achievements for the results from the field revolution, and that the laws for law were destroying the Ukrainian state in great danger.
Opposition MP Ivanna Clempush-Tsintsde, who presides over the European Union Integration Committee of the European Union of Ukraine, said, “The country is returning to a state that the Russians once pleased, when there was a lacquer of rights and democracy,” Opposition MP Ivanna Kilmapush-Tsintasadz warned, who warned the European Union’s European Union. Are. “Sooner or later, search countries fall into the influence area of Kremlin.”
Klympush-sintsadze said the law threatens European and other international financial aid, which is associated with Ukraine’s commitments to fight corruption.
Brussels called the new law a ‘serious step back’
The European Union Commissioner Marta Kos, The New Law was X. The “severe steps back” on the head “said” independent bodies like Nabu and Sepo, are important for the route of the European Union of Ukraine. The law of the law remains at the center of the European Union’s Eccession Dialogue. “
On Facebook, investment banker and financial expert Seri Fursa said that many people accuse Nabu and SAPOs of incompetence, emphasizing that the thesis bodies “are far more effective than the eclipse.” Hey said “there was a lot of fear, which means Nabu is doing a great job” if the decision -making European integration is ready to risk and Western support is just to limit the body.,S Powerrs.
On July 23, in the light of backlash, Zelancesi convened a meeting with all heads of Ukrainian law enforcement and anti-corruption agencies as well as prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko. “We are all listening to what the public is saying,” Zelansky told them. “We see what people are expecting from state institutions to ensure the operation of all institutions according to the principle of justice and efficiency.”
Zelansky announced that a joint action plan to resolve the wood of the dispute would be developed within the next two weeks.
This article was original in German.
