“Katarina Mernova reported a “constructive meeting” with the new Prime Minister Yulia Sviridenko and Viceremier-Minister Taras Kachka”, – WRITE: www.radiosvoboda.org
“Three days of meetings and consultations. With the Ukrainian authorities and partners with the EU and G7. Today we have completed a working day late with a constructive meeting with the new Prime Minister Yulia Sviridenko and Viceremier-Minister Taras Kachka. We met shortly after President Zelensky’s announcement of the preparation of a new law that regulates cooperation between law enforcement agencies and establishing the independence of NABU and SAP anti -corruption agencies. The effectiveness of these institutions is an important part of Ukraine’s path to the EU, ”she wrote on Facebook.
Sviridenko, in turn, reported that on July 23, a meaningful meeting of the government team with the ambassadors of G7 on anti -corruption policy.
According to her, the Government of Ukraine is tuned to zero tolerance to corruption, which will be reflected in the Cabinet action program.
“Today, the President of Ukraine has made a decision – to submit a new bill, which will not only eliminate all existing differences, but also enhance the independence of anti -corruption infrastructure. It is especially important that these changes will make any impact on the enemy and any interference with law enforcement agencies, including NABU and a specialized anti-corruption prosecutor’s office, ”she wrote on Facebook.
During the day of July 23, the President of Ukraine had meetings with government officials and law enforcement officials, he said in an evening address. According to the President, participants with the participation of NABU and SAP representatives have agreed that the heads of institutions will together offer a plan of action to strengthen the “force of law in Ukraine”.
“Of course, everyone has heard what people say these days – on social networks, each other, on the streets. It’s all in vain, ”Zelensky said.
Subsequently, the President stated that the Verkhovna Rada of the Verkhovna Rada, which “will be a response, which will provide force to the law enforcement system, will not have any Russian influence or interference in the activities of law enforcement agencies, and all rules for the independence of anti -corruption institutions will be.”
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On July 22, the Verkhovna Rada supported the Law No. 12414, which, as it was reported, limits the independence of NABU and SAP. 263 MPs voted in favor. After that, NABU Chairman Semen Krivonos urged the President of Ukraine to veto the bill, since the independence of two institutions is “actually destroying”.
The decision of the Parliament was disconnected to the protests of hundreds of people in Kiev, Lviv, Dnipro and Odessa.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky signed Law No. 12414 and stated that NABU and SAP will work, but they should be “cleared of Russian influences”.
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Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko, commenting on suspicion of loss of independence of NABU and SAP, stated that they obey him – “and we will be one family. They will work in their criminal proceedings, we are in our own way. ”
This happened after 70 searches conducted on July 21 by the SBU, the State Bureau of Investigation and the Prosecutor General’s Office against the Bureau staff. The SBU, among other things, reported the detention of NABU employee, who, according to the department, was spying for the Russian special service. He was presented with suspicion. Instead, NABU stated that information from the SBU management regarding the possible risks related to one of the employees of the Bureau was received in August 2023, but later informed the SBU that there was no evidence about this employee of the bureau.