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💁♂️ Last plenary week the Rada calmly passed all the laws needed for the EU tranche — and that's a very telling moment.
The EU has already unblocked 4,2 billion euros, but 25 billion are still at stake. And when the authorities really need it, they know how to gather votes even for unpopular provisions.
First example — the amendment on PEPs. It was complicated and unpopular even among the deputies themselves, but it was passed quietly; no one even tried to remove it from the agenda.
Second example — the parcel tax. The provision affects millions of people: on every parcel up to 150 € (and we have about 50 million of those per year) an additional duty and VAT will be imposed, making them 25–30% more expensive. A few months ago there weren’t even 100 votes for this from the Servants, and now they voted calmly.
So when there’s a need for the tranche — the authorities manage to do everything in time.
And now the second part. On 15 October the prime minister posted: supposedly everything is done, everything submitted. I opened the government document with the list of commitments — DBR, Office of the Prosecutor General, expertise for NABU. And there are no government bills there — only mine, already registered in parliament (on the Office of the Prosecutor General — coauthored with Nastya Radina).
The vice prime minister comes out and says he cannot support either the competition at the OPG or the law on the DBR — there’s no need, no audit. But in reality these are not his words — this is Zelensky’s position and that of his whole team.
The cunning plan is this: on the DBR — delay passing the law and somewhere in December quickly reappoint the current head without a competition for another 5 years. For the Office of the Prosecutor General — likewise delay the process. For NABU’s expertise — pressure partners into a toothless reform idea, preferably even without a law.
Will they succeed? No. We’ve already been through such stories — with the BEB, with customs, with ARMA, with the Accounting Chamber. Each time the government initially said “partners won’t allow it,” and then letters came from the G7, the IMF, the World Bank — and the reforms were adopted anyway.
In early November I will be in Brussels, after the report on EU enlargement, and I will show partners where the authorities are trying to “dupe” them, and where their support is needed — both financial and on reforms.
We are not going to give up. If votes were found for PEPs and parcels — they will be found for our anti-corruption package as well.
🎬 Full breakdown — in the video
https://youtu.be/a7NcoD7ReME?si=vTxfLAZkGaHQ9wHm
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