President Poroshenko has proposed fresh legislation to fight corruption, a day after the Constitutional Court threw out an illicit enrichment law.

Friday, March 1, 2019
President Poroshenko has proposed fresh legislation to fight corruption, a day after the Constitutional Court threw out an illicit enrichment law.

President Poroshenko has proposed fresh legislation to fight corruption, a day after the Constitutional Court threw out an illicit enrichment law. The original law was passed in 2015 as a condition of receiving bailout loans from the IMF and for the EU to grant visa-free travel to Ukrainians. Although no one was ever charged under the old law, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau was investigating 65 officials on suspicion of stealing a total of $20 million.

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