Parliament restores independence to Ukraine’s corruption-fighters
A botched attempt by the government to rein them in has badly backfired
Ukraine’s latest political drama ended with what felt almost like an anticlimax. In two swift readings on July 31st, Ukraine’s parliament, the Rada, passed a bill restoring the full independence of the country’s anti-corruption bodies. The ballot was all but unanimous: 331 deputies voted for the bill; nine abstained. None dared vote against it. The enthusiasm was striking, given that most of the MPs had taken the opposite position just nine days earlier.
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