KYIV – Ukraine's National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) today on the social network Telegram He told, that, together with the Special Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAP), it had uncovered an organised criminal group whose members include some current Ukrainian MPs. According to the office, they systematically accepted bribes in exchange for their votes in parliament. NABU also stated that state security forces were preventing its investigators from entering the offices of parliamentary committees.
„State Security Service employees are resisting NABU representatives during investigations in Ukrainian parliamentary committees. Detectives are being prevented from entering from European Square in Kyiv. It should be noted that obstructing investigative activities is a direct violation of the law.“ stands in one of a series contributions NABU.
The scandal is unfolding at a time when Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is on his way to the United States. On Sunday, he will meet with his American counterpart Donald Trump to discuss a plan that could lead to a cessation of fighting in Ukraine.
Ukraine has repeatedly been plagued by corruption scandals. In autumn this year, Ukrainian anti-corruption authorities publicly announced that they had begun investigating a possible large-scale bribery scheme in the energy sector, in which the state-owned nuclear energy operator Enerhoatom played a key role. In connection with this, the head of the presidential office, Andriy Yermak, was dismissed from his post.
This summer, mass protests took place in Ukraine after parliament passed a law weakening the independence of anti-corruption institutions. Thousands of people in Kyiv and other cities demanded that the autonomy of two key agencies be preserved, and under pressure from the public and international partners, the government ultimately withdrew the law.
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