Over half of MPs suspected by NABU backed law curbing anti-corruption agency's independence

More than half of the #Ukrainian lawmakers named in #corruption probes by the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) voted in favor of a controversial law dismantling the #independence of the bureau, ZN.UA reported on July 23.

Civil society groups, opposition lawmakers, and international partners have condemned the move, calling it a threat to Ukraine's #anti-corruption gains and #EU integration path.

According to public records:

• 31 sitting or former members of the current parliament are suspected of corruption by NABU
• Of those:
  -- 18 voted in favor of the law
  -- 2 abstained or did not vote
  -- 5 were absent or removed their cards before the vote.

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Over half of MPs suspected by NABU backed law curbing anti-corruption agency's independence

The National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) suspects 31 sitting or former members of the current parliament of corruption.

^{Tim Zadorozhnyy (The Kyiv Independent)}