Protests in Ukraine as Zelensky signs bill targeting anti-corruption bodies (www.bbc.com)
from FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world to world@lemmy.world on 23 Jul 11:14
https://lemmy.world/post/33355775

President Volodymyr Zelensky has signed a bill that critics say weakens the independence of Ukraine’s anti-corruption bodies, sparking protests in several cities and drawing international criticism.

The new law grants the prosecutor general control of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (Nabu) and Specialised Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (Sap), and critics say it undermines their authority.

Ukraine’s chief prosecutor, Zelensky loyalist Ruslan Kravchenko, will now be able to reassign corruption probes to potentially more pliant investigators, and even to close them.

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FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world on 23 Jul 11:14 next collapse

Shocked.

Just shocked… that a wartime partner of the United States would demonstrate an openness to corrupt, self-enriching governance.

/s

fluxion@lemmy.world on 23 Jul 12:21 next collapse

If only they’d been non-corrupt like Russia

FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world on 23 Jul 12:57 collapse

This isn’t the brilliant defense you think it is.

fluxion@lemmy.world on 23 Jul 13:02 next collapse

And yours isn’t the meaningful insightful comment you thought it was

eldavi@lemmy.ml on 23 Jul 15:35 collapse

if it’s pro-western, it’s always brilliant. lol

dogslayeggs@lemmy.world on 23 Jul 13:53 next collapse

Yeah, how dare they accept the help of the world’s largest military after they were invaded by a hostile neighbor!! Who do they think they are?

BrokenGlepnir@lemmy.world on 23 Jul 14:05 collapse

For a few years the US pushed anti corruption measures in Ukraine along with the rest of the world. Under Obama we pushed a chief attorney who refused to prosecute a corporation to resign. Unfortunately some people left out parts of the story where he was delaying the case. It was the corporation hunter Biden worked for so while it countered corruption, it looked bad if you didn’t know he was stalling the case. Some people never mentioned that detail. Now we have a new leader who revels in the corruption openly.

notaviking@lemmy.world on 23 Jul 13:40 collapse

Yeah in South Africa when our then President, Jacob Zuma, disbanded our independent corruption body, the Scorpions, that started basically corruption on such a scale, even had a commission of inquiry for state capture. Just look at South Africa’s growth since then, basically entrenched poverty and joblessness to our countrymen.

Be afraid Ukraine, even if Zelensky has good intentions, what about the next president. All the advice I can give you is to become active, continue putting pressure on your elected officials. The people have the power, especially through the ballot

NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io on 23 Jul 14:02 collapse

There's no way Zelensky has good intentions here. I know many like to treat him as a minor deity, but there is only one reason to sign an anti-anti-corruption bill.