From: New Voice of Ukraine Author: Alex Stezhensky
The speed at which Ukraine’s parliament passed legislation curbing the independence of the country’s main anti-corruption agencies stunned not only civil society but also members of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s own team, according to a sharply worded article published by The Economist on July 22.
Under the headline “Outrage in Ukraine as the government attacks anti-corruption watchdogs,” the magazine writes that the legislation — now signed into law — has sparked “a wave of outrage in Ukraine over the government’s assault on anti-corruption bodies.”
“Few lawmakers can recall a law of such significance being rushed through this hastily,” the article says, noting that the amendments subjugate both NABU and SAPO — previously independent — to the authority of the prosecutor general, who is appointed by the president. All of this, The Economist stresses, was done in wartime, creating “a sense of something done in panic.”
“The vote to undermine Ukraine’s most important anti-corruption reforms casts a shadow over the country’s future trajectory,” the article warns.
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