Overview

• Law passed with 331 votes in favor and nine abstentions reversed July 22 curbs that had placed NABU and SAPO under the prosecutor general’s authority
• Restoration of operational independence addresses concerns about executive interference in investigations of officials, including former Deputy PM Oleksiy Chernyshov
• Hundreds of protesters gathered in central Kyiv under rain demanding protection of the anti-corruption agencies ahead of the vote
• EU Commissioner for Enlargement Marta Kos welcomed the repeal but cautioned that critical issues remain in Ukraine’s anticorruption framework
• Brussels continues to hold €1.5 billion of the fourth Ukraine Facility tranche and G7-backed ERA programme loans until full independence of NABU and SAPO is guaranteed