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Protests have broken out against Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky after he signed a bill that critics says weakens the country’s anti-corruption agencies.
The law effectively strips the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) and the Specialised Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO) of their independence and places them under the control of the prosecutor general. It will make it easier for the government to control which cases are pursued.
Dmytro Koziatynskyi, a veteran of the Russia-Ukraine war, rallied hundreds of Ukrainians for the protests on Tuesday. He called the bill an “assault on the anti-corruption framework,” according to Ukrainska Pravda.
He added: “Time is not on our side… we must take to the streets tonight and urge Zelensky to prevent a return to the dark days of Yanukovych. See you this evening!”
He was referring to Ukraine’s former president Viktor Yanukovych, who was removed from the presidency in 2014 following weeks of protests.
AP
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