{"id":1266638,"date":"2025-07-23T14:17:55","date_gmt":"2025-07-23T11:17:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/law-on-reducing-powers-limits-work-of-anti-corruption-bodies-sap-and-nabu-heads-comment-on-meeting-in-op\/"},"modified":"2025-07-23T14:17:55","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T11:17:55","slug":"law-on-reducing-powers-limits-work-of-anti-corruption-bodies-sap-and-nabu-heads-comment-on-meeting-in-op","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/law-on-reducing-powers-limits-work-of-anti-corruption-bodies-sap-and-nabu-heads-comment-on-meeting-in-op\/","title":{"rendered":"Law on reducing powers limits work of anti-corruption bodies: SAP and NABU heads comment on meeting in OP"},"content":{"rendered":"

Klimenko informed President Volodymyr Zelensky that the law adopted on July 22 on reducing the powers of the SAP limits the work of anti-corruption agencies.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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This is stated<\/a> in a joint statement by NABU and SAP.<\/p>\n

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The heads of anti-corruption agencies conveyed their position to the head of state at a meeting on July 23.<\/p>\n

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\u201cFrom now on, NABU and SAP are deprived of the guarantees that previously allowed them to effectively implement their tasks and functions in combating top corruption.<\/p>\n

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At the same time, NABU and SAP called on Ukraine\u2019s international partners to continue supporting the state in the war against Russia, despite internal challenges.<\/p>\n

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The anti-corruption agencies stressed that the rule of law and compliance with the law remain constant values for their work and expect the same approach from other law enforcement agencies.<\/p>\n

Let us recall that on July 22, the Verkhovna Rada voted for a bill that significantly limits the powers of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO)<\/a> , effectively subordinating their activities to the Prosecutor General.<\/p>\n

Subsequently, the heads of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office appealed to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy not to sign the bill<\/a> , which, in their opinion, destroys the independence of these bodies.<\/p>\n

However, President Volodymyr Zelensky signed a controversial law that significantly changes the powers of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO), strengthening control by the Prosecutor General.<\/a><\/p>\n

As reported, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office have published an official statement regarding draft law No. 12414, which is being prepared for the second reading in the Verkhovna Rada. Anti-corruption agencies warn: the latest amendments to the document pose a serious threat to the independence of their activities.<\/a><\/p>\n

In addition, in Kiev, Lviv, Dnipro, Odessa, Lutsk and Ivano- Frankivsk,<\/a> mass protests took place against bill No. 12414, which, according to activists, threatens the independence of the anti-corruption institutions NABU and SAP.<\/p>\n

By the way, the Verkhovna Rada plans to prepare a submission to the Constitutional Court of Ukraine with the aim of repealing Law No. 12414,<\/a> which limits the independence of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO).<\/p>\n

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Klimenko informed President Volodymyr Zelensky that the law adopted on July 22 on reducing the powers of the SAP limits the work of anti-corruption agencies. This is stated in a joint statement by NABU and SAP. The heads of anti-corruption agencies conveyed their position to the head of state at a meeting on July 23. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":325322,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76875,76871,76872],"class_list":["post-1266638","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-other-news","category-news-2","category-news-feed"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1266638","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1266638"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1266638\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/325322"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1266638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1266638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}