{"id":1267251,"date":"2025-07-24T21:40:11","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T18:40:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/for-the-third-day-in-a-row-rallies-against-the-law-on-nabu-and-sapo-are-continuing-in-many-cities-of-ukraine\/"},"modified":"2025-07-24T21:40:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T18:40:11","slug":"for-the-third-day-in-a-row-rallies-against-the-law-on-nabu-and-sapo-are-continuing-in-many-cities-of-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/for-the-third-day-in-a-row-rallies-against-the-law-on-nabu-and-sapo-are-continuing-in-many-cities-of-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"For the third day in a row, rallies against the law on NABU and SAPO are continuing in many cities of Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>On Thursday, July 24, citizens in many cities of Ukraine took to rallies against the bill No. 12414, which effectively abolishes the independence of anti-corruption bodies.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> In the capital, people, like on July 22 and 23, took to the square near the Ivan Franko Theater. The action was scheduled for 8:00 p.m., but activists began gathering earlier.<\/p>\n\t<div class=\"shortcode-wide-image\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/247ff5c-photo-2025-07-24-19-49-42.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: UP\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption>Photo: UP<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"shortcode-wide-image\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-24T160809Z_1637346242_RC29DC6DJ3QE_RTRMADP_3_PEOPLE-HULK-HOGAN-1.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: UP\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption>Photo: UP<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"shortcode-wide-image\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/173fd2a-photo-2025-07-24-19-49-43.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: UP\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption>Photo: UP<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p> Also in Uzhhorod, many people took to the streets to protest.<\/p>\n\t<div class=\"shortcode-wide-image\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/d010932060f98458.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Public\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption>Photo: Public<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p> Meanwhile, in Lviv, a protest is taking place near the monument to Taras Shevchenko. Participants chant: &#8220;No to the usurpation of NABU!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> At 8 p.m., residents of Ivano-Frankivsk gathered in the square near the city hall. The rally participants called on the authorities to repeal the law and preserve the independence of the country&#8217;s key anti-corruption institutions.<\/p>\n\t<div class=\"shortcode-wide-image\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/photo_5195129138174882377_y-e1753381555410.jpg\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p> The main slogans of the Zaporizhzhia rally were: &#8220;Hands off NABU&#8221;, &#8220;Abolish&#8221;, &#8220;NO to dictatorship&#8221;, &#8220;President, hear the people!&#8221;. In total, the rally was attended by more than several hundred people.<\/p>\n<p> As a reminder, on July 22, <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/deputaty-pidtrymaly-zakon-pro-pidporiadkovunnia-nabu-i-sap-henprokuroru\/\">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&#8217;s Office (SAP)<\/a> , effectively subordinating their activities to the Prosecutor General, and Volodymyr Zelenskyy <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/prezydent-pidpysav-zakon-pro-zminu-povnovazhen-nabu-ta-sap\/\">signed it.<\/a><\/p>\n<p> It is worth noting that <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/ni-koruptsii-u-vladi-u-bahatokh-mistakh-ukrainy-prokhodiat-mitynhy-proty-zakonu-shchodo-nabu-ta-sap\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">society negatively perceived the actual destruction of anti-corruption bodies. On July 22 and 23, hundreds of people in many cities of Ukraine took to rallies against Law No. 12414<\/a> .<\/p>\n<p> It was important to emphasize that the President of Ukraine <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/poverne-povnovazhennia-ta-nezalezhnist-zelenskyy-vnis-do-rady-zakonoproiekt-shchodo-nabu-ta-sap\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Volodymyr Zelenskyy submitted to the Rada a bill on the restoration of the independence of the NABU and the SAPO<\/a> .<\/p>\n<p> Also follow <strong>\u201cPryamim\u201d<\/strong> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Facebook<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/prm_ua\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Twitter<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/+rtV4dxYu2_cyNjVi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Telegram<\/a> , and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Instagram<\/a> .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Thursday, July 24, citizens in many cities of Ukraine took to rallies against the bill No. 12414, which effectively abolishes the independence of anti-corruption bodies. In the capital, people, like on July 22 and 23, took to the square near the Ivan Franko Theater. 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