Ukrainian CBA devoid of teeth. Parliament limited the autonomy of the office

On Tuesday, the Supreme Council of Ukraine voted on Tuesday to limit the autonomy of the National Anti -Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NAB) and the Special Anti -Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAP). Nabu and SAP are now to be subject to the Prosecutor's Office of Ukraine.

263 deputies voted for the relevant draft act on changes in the Code of Criminal Procedure, interfax -Ukraina agency said.

The chairwoman of the Parliamentary Committee on Anti -Corruption Policy Anastasija Radin from the Fraction Servant of the Nation announced that the draft act was introduced to corrections limiting the independence of anti -corruption institutions and providing for the total subordination of NAB and SAP's activities and the prosecutor General Ruslan Krawczenka.

NAB boss: Parliament destroyed anti -corruption infrastructure

By adopting the bill on limiting the autonomy of the National Anti -Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NAB) and the Special Anti -Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAP), the parliament actually destroyed anti -corruption infrastructure – said the director of Nab Semen Krywonos on Tuesday.

“The votes of 263 deputies The anti -corruption infrastructure was destroyed. What was created as a demand for Euromaidan, as a public demand for fighting high -level corruption, was destroyed today,” said the director of NAB on a press briefing.

– Now you still need the signature of the President of Ukraine (Volodymyr Zelanski). We ask not to sign this bill and return it with the appropriate veto, “Krywonos emphasized.

Nabu and SAP are to now be subordinated to the Prosecutor's Office of Ukraine.

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