Show threadBoudJul 23, 2025

More protest photos and reports [8].

#Bill12414 #NABU #SAPO #DemocracyBacksliding

[8] https://kyivindependent.com/veto-the-law-wartime-protests-sweep-ukraine-after-parliament-passes-bill-weakening-anti-corruption-institutions

'Veto the law!' — Protests held across Ukraine after parliament passes bill weakening anti-corruption institutions

Demonstrators gathered in Kyiv, Lviv, Dnipro, and Odesa to oppose the legislation, which grants sweeping new powers to the prosecutor general over the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAPO).

The Kyiv Independent
Show threadBoudJul 23, 2025

Seems like #Bill12414 was passed through parliament sneakily [7]:

"... the draft law was passed with procedural violations. ... lawmakers did not receive the text of the bill on time, according to Shcherban."

"Anastasia Radina, head of parliament's anti-corruption committee from the Servant of the People party, [said] 'The table (with amendments) that lawmakers could see, comparing what exactly was added, appeared fifteen minutes before the vote in the hall.' "

[7] https://kyivindependent.com/potential-elimination-of-ukraines-anti-graft-infrastructure-signals-slide-into-authoritarianism-may-block-eu-integration

Zelensky dismantles Ukraine's anti-corruption infrastructure, brings law enforcement agencies under his thumb

Ukraine faced a watershed moment on July 22 as parliament passed, and the president signed, a bill that effectively eliminates the independence of the country's anti-corruption institutions. The bill will subordinate the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) and the Special Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAPO) to the prosecutor general. Activists and opposition lawmakers say that this will make it impossible for the anti-corruption agencies to investigate top incumbent officials without

The Kyiv Independent
BoudJul 23, 2025

#VolodomyrZelenskyy has signed a law to sustain #corruption [1] by letting the Prosecutor General interfere in #NABU [2] and #SAPO [3][4], two key #Ukraine -ian anti-corruption institutions.

Ukrainians are angry and are protesting [5].

The Eur. Commission is "concerned" [6].

#DemocracyBacksliding #RuleOfLaw #Bill12414

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

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Anti-Corruption_Bureau_of_Ukraine

[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Specialized_Anti-Corruption_Prosecutor%27s_Office

[4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oleksandr_Klymenko_%28detective%29

[5] https://kyivindependent.com/we-know-how-to-stand-up-for-our-rights-ukrainians-protest-law-threatening-anti-corruption-institutions

[6] https://euromaidanpress.com/2025/07/22/western-trust-under-threat-as-zelenskyy-nears-signing-controversial-law-that-crashes-ukraines-anti-corruption-system

UPDATE: Zelensky signs law destroying independence of Ukraine's key anti-corruption bodies

President Volodymyr Zelensky approved the law on July 22 despite large-scale protests against the law, which critics say undermines years of pro-democracy reforms.

The Kyiv Independent