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Al Jazeera
Politics
Mansur Mirovalev

Why did Zelenskyy try to curb autonomy of Ukraine’s anti-graft agencies?

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks during a news briefing in Kyiv as public anger mounts over legislation affecting anticorruption bodies [Efrem Lukatsky/AP Photo]

Kyiv, Ukraine – Last week, hundreds of Ukrainians rallied in several cities to protest the government’s attempt to curb the independence of anticorruption watchdogs.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on July 22 signed a bill into law, which would revoke the autonomy of key agencies – the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO).

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