Ukraine Lawmakers Restore Anti-Graft Agencies’ Independence
Protestors demonstrate against the implementation of the draft law, which regulates the work of the Special Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office and the National Anti-Corruption Bureau, in Kyiv, on July 30.
Photographer: Danylo Antoniuk/Anadolu/Getty ImagesUkraine’s parliament approved a bill to restore the independence of key anti-corruption agencies, responding to mounting pressure from protests and Kyiv’s foreign backers on President Volodymyr Zelenskiy.
Lawmakers voted 331 in favor of the bill in the 450-seat legislature in the Ukrainian capital on Thursday. Zelenskiy signed the bill promptly after it passed, he said in a post on Telegram.