Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says he has submitted a draft law to reinstate the freedom of two anti-corruption bodies in Ukraine - days after nationwide protests broke out over changes curbing their independence.
Kyiv’s Western partners had also expressed serious concerns over the legislation.
On Thursday, Zelensky backtracked, saying the new bill was intended to safeguard the independence of Ukraine’s National Anti-Corruption Bureau (Nabu) and Specialised Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (Sap), and to protect them from Russian influence.
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Nabu said that the new bill “restored all procedural powers and guarantees of independence” of the two bodies.
The law passed earlier this week brought Nabu and Sap under the control of the prosecutor general, who is appointed by the president.
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Ukrainians have my respect for recognizing this as the step towards authoritarianism it was and acting promptly. This is what democracy is supposed to look like.
I feel like democracy shouldn’t be constantly protesting against the things as politicians continue to take power away from the people, it should be the people bringing great analysis and ideas to governments to implement. The entire system is backwards, we spend all our time fighting the politicians who are constantly becoming more corrupt trying to take more power and more money for businesses they profit from. We deserve the politicians we get because we just don’t see what it could become better with less awful people in charge.
That’s because in capitalism the politicians actually serve the wealthy ruling class, not the citizens, and the ruling class and the citizens have vastly different priorities.
Authority both corrupts and attracts corruption, so unless you get rid of authority (which tbf anarchism is a thing) the next best thing you can do is make sure you can knock it down a peg when it gets too cocky.
Apparently they have a saying in Moldova, goes something like “you should change your underwear and your politicians frequently, and for the same reason.”
That’s a Mark Twain Quote
That being a Mark Twain quote was apparently just a made-up thing that circulated on social media. According to Twain experts, he never said anything of the sort.
https://www.reuters.com/article/fact-check/quote-comparing-politicians-and-diapers-falsely-attributed-to-mark-twain-idUSL1N2P21VE/
We should say either:
How something is supposed to look.
Or
What something is supposed to look like.
Oh shit I brainfarted that.