Overview
- NABU and SAPO say they uncovered a scheme in which a faction leader offered unlawful benefits to MPs for votes on specific bills.
- Investigators classified the case under Article 369.4 of the Criminal Code covering offers or promises of improper benefits.
- Law enforcement sources reported searches at the Batkivshchyna party’s Kyiv office on Turivska Street.
- The agencies said charges are being prepared and promised further details as the investigation develops.
- The move follows recent cash-for-votes revelations and the Energoatom scandal, and comes against past efforts by Batkivshchyna to curb anti-corruption bodies’ independence.