{"id":1274212,"date":"2025-07-31T13:22:58","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T10:22:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/the-council-restored-independence-to-nabu-and-sap\/"},"modified":"2025-07-31T13:22:58","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T10:22:58","slug":"the-council-restored-independence-to-nabu-and-sap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/the-council-restored-independence-to-nabu-and-sap\/","title":{"rendered":"The Council restored independence to NABU and SAP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Today, July 31, the Verkhovna Rada voted for a bill that restores independence to the National Anti-Corruption Bureau and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor&#8217;s Office.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> The parliamentary session was broadcast online on the Council&#8217;s YouTube channel.<\/p>\n<p> 331 elected representatives voted for the corresponding decision.<\/p>\n\t<div class=\"shortcode-wide-image\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/photo_2025-07-31_13-17-54.jpg\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p> The law, in particular, places the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor&#8217;s Office (SAPO) under the jurisdiction of the Prosecutor General.<\/p>\n<p> The law provides for:<\/p>\n<ul><\/p>\n<li> Within six months from the date of entry into force of the law, the SBU will check for cooperation with the enemy employees of the NABU, SAP, the Office of the Prosecutor General, the State Bureau of Investigation and the police with access to state secrets;<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li> NABU detectives, SAP, BEB, Prosecutor General&#8217;s Office, State Bureau of Investigation and police officers with access to state secrets will undergo an internal security polygraph test every two years to determine whether they are collaborating with the enemy;<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li> return of the rule that a case cannot be removed from the jurisdiction of NABU. But there is a note that this is possible in the presence of &#8220;objective circumstances that make it impossible for NABU to function&#8221; or &#8220;to conduct a pre-trial investigation under martial law.&#8221; The right to change jurisdiction belongs to the head of SAP or the Prosecutor General or his acting.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li> NABU may receive jurisdiction over cases of other bodies by decision of the head of the SAP;<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li> the return of certain circumstances under which a search can be carried out without a court order (the controversial law expanded their list);<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li> The Prosecutor General can gain access to case materials of all agencies except NABU.<\/li>\n<p><\/ul>\n<p> Let us recall that on July 22, the Verkhovna Rada voted for a bill <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/deputaty-pidtrymaly-zakon-pro-pidporiadkovunnia-nabu-i-sap-henprokuroru\/\">that significantly limits the powers of<\/a> the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor&#8217;s Office (SAPO), effectively subordinating their activities to the Prosecutor General, and Volodymyr Zelensky <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/prezydent-pidpysav-zakon-pro-zminu-povnovazhen-nabu-ta-sap\/\">signed it.<\/a><\/p>\n<aside class=\"shortcode-also\" data-title=\"\u0427\u0438\u0442\u0430\u0439\u0442\u0435 \u0442\u0430\u043a\u043e\u0436\" data-right=\"\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/vystupy-pid-teatrom-franka-sproba-politolohichnoho-analizu\/\">Performances at the Franco Theatre: An Attempt at Political Analysis<\/a><\/aside>\n<p> The Verkhovna Rada&#8217;s support for Bill No. 12414, which effectively deprives the SAP of independence and could limit the powers of NABU, <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/yes-sturbovanyy-likvidatsiieiu-nezalezhnosti-antykoruptsiynykh-orhaniv-detali\/\">has caused serious concern in the European Union<\/a> . This decision will affect the annual assessment of Ukraine&#8217;s progress towards EU membership, which the European Commission will publish in October.<\/p>\n<p> In addition, U.S. Senate members Jeanne Shaheen and Lindsey Graham <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/zakon-shchodo-nabu-ta-sap-pidryvaie-prohres-borotby-iz-koruptsiieiu-senatory-shakhin-ta-hrem\/\">expressed concern<\/a> about a recently passed law in Ukraine that they said weakens the independence of anti-corruption institutions by subordinating them to the prosecutor general.<\/p>\n<p> It should be noted that society reacted negatively to the actual destruction of anti-corruption bodies. On July 22 and 23, hundreds of people in many <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/ni-koruptsii-u-vladi-u-bahatokh-mistakh-ukrainy-prokhodiat-mitynhy-proty-zakonu-shchodo-nabu-ta-sap\/\">Ukrainian cities took to the streets to protest<\/a> against Law No. 12414.<\/p>\n<p> Subsequently, Ukrainian President Volodymyr <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/poverne-povnovazhennia-ta-nezalezhnist-zelenskyy-vnis-do-rady-zakonoproiekt-shchodo-nabu-ta-sap\/\">Zelensky submitted to the Verkhovna Rada a law on &#8220;strengthening the powers of NABU and SAP&#8221;<\/a> . The document stipulates that the Prosecutor General and his deputies do not have the right to give instructions to prosecutors of the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor&#8217;s Office. The Prosecutor General is also prohibited from influencing the work of NABU detectives.<\/p>\n<p> Also follow <strong>&#8220;Pryamy&#8221;<\/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>Today, July 31, the Verkhovna Rada voted for a bill that restores independence to the National Anti-Corruption Bureau and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor&#8217;s Office. The parliamentary session was broadcast online on the Council&#8217;s YouTube channel. 331 elected representatives voted for the corresponding decision. The law, in particular, places the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":1257755,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76871,76872,76894],"class_list":["post-1274212","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-2","category-news-feed","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1274212","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\/31"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1274212"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1274212\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1257755"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1274212"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1274212"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}