The president wrote about this on his channel in the communicator Telegram after gathering with the manager of the National Anti-corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) Semen Krywonos and head of the peculiar Anti-corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAP) Alexander Kłymenko.
As Zelenski stressed, "there can only be zero tolerance for corruption", and anti-corruption institutions should act independently. ‘I am grateful to the anti-corruption authorities for their work“ He added.
According to SAP, the process active concluding state contracts with suppliers at overpriced prices and up to 30% of the contract amount. back to criminals in the form of bribes.
As quoted by Interfax-Ukraine, anti-corruption authorities reported the detention of a associate of Parliament of Ukraine, as well as regional and urban heads of military civilian administration and soldiers of the National Guard.
Although no names have been given to those responsible, According to the Ukrainian media, it is about the MP from the organization “The Servant of the Nation” Alexi Kuzniecov.
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A shadow investigation into anti-corruption bodies
Both NABU and SAP and Zelenski stressed that A successful investigation into the revealed case was possible thanks to the law adopted on Thursdayto warrant independency of anti-corruption institutions in Ukraine.
The presidential bill was passed by the ultimate Council and signed by the president a week after the unexpectedly passed Act on July 22 gave the subordinate Zelensk lawyer General a real impact on the activities of NABU and SAP. This meant that 2 independent bodies previously could be politically controlled.
The bill met with a wave of social criticism, leading to street protests. Their participants recalled that the establishment of independent anti-corruption bodies was 1 of the main demands of the dignity revolution from the turn of 2013 and 2014.
The European Commission and the G7 warned that specified interference in the independency of anti-corruption institutions was a step backwards in the reforms and could jeopardise further financial assistance to Ukraine.
In consequence to the crisis Zelenski has prepared a fresh billwhich restores NABU and SAP their independent position and limits the influence of the lawyer General.
