authoritarianism

Ukraine Takes Step Back: Parliament Votes to Strip NABU and SAPO Independence, Critics Warn of ‘Yanukovych 2.0’

Ukraine Takes Step Back: Parliament Votes to Strip NABU and SAPO Independence, Critics Warn of ‘Yanukovych 2.0’

Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada has passed draft law No. 12414 in its second reading, effectively making the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO) subordinate to the Prosecutor General. Until now, both institutions operated independently. If President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will sigh the Law, it will drag Ukraine back to the Yanukovych era. The law subordinates the National Anti-Corruption […]

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