Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy promises new bill to strengthen rule of law after anger at his decision to weaken powers of anti-corruption agencies
After another nights of protests in Kyiv and across Ukraine, the country’s president Volodymyr Zelenskyy promised a new bill to strengthen the rule of law in Ukraine in what my colleague Luke Harding described as an apparent attempt to assuage popular anger at his decision to weaken the powers of two independent anti-corruption agencies.
The move comes amid growing criticism also coming from Ukraine’s main international partners, including the EU, Germany and France.
In a nightly video address, Zelenskyy sought to deflect criticism by promising a new presidential bill.
It would guarantee the independence of anti-corruption institutions and at the same time ensure there was “no Russian influence”, he said. “Of course, everyone has heard what people are saying these days – on social media, to each other, on the streets. It’s not falling on deaf ears,” he added.
