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The government proposed a pseudo-reform of the prosecutor’s office: prosecutors will vet and “renew” themselves
The Cabinet of Ministers submitted to the Verkhovna Rada
bill No.16144 on the reform of the prosecutor’s office. This reform is one of the requirements for Ukraine’s accession to the EU.
The relevant law-enforcement committee has already reviewed this bill and tomorrow, 28 October, deputies plan to consider it in the first reading.
❗️But it is already clear that this is an imitation, not a reform of the prosecutor’s office.
There is no competition for the office of the Prosecutor General. In addition, the system’s “renewal” boils down to creating ineffective bodies where key decisions will be made by the prosecutors themselves and the current prosecutors’ leadership.
Leaders appointed without any competition by Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko, who fled the country.
Even the newly created body — the Council of Ethical Standards (CES), which is supposed to check the integrity of candidates for prosecutorial self-government, will mostly be formed by the prosecutors themselves.
More about the shortcomings that the Center for Public Integrity identified following its analysis of bill No.16144: https://antac.org.ua/news/kabmin-zaproponuvav-psevdoreformu-prokuraturi-prokurori-budut-pereviryati-ta-onovlyuvati-samih-sebe/
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