Ukraine opens record 16th Verkhovna Rada session with five anti-corruption bills

Five EU integration bills, including those reforming the State Bureau of Investigation (SBI), have been added to the Verkhovna Rada's 16th session agenda, according to Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze, head of parliament’s committee on Ukraine’s integration into the European Union. The bills, which were previously deemed unsuitable for consideration by the law enforcement committee, include expanding NABU and SAPO’s jurisdiction to cover the leadership of the Presidential Office and the SBI director, reforming the SBI, selecting the prosecutor general, suspending the statute of limitations in major corruption cases when a defendant is mobilized, and repealing the Lozovyi amendments.

These bills were added to the agenda through a rule of procedure that allows lawmakers to attend conciliation council meetings and insist on adding a particular item to the agenda. The resolution supporting the agenda for the Verkhovna Rada’s 16th session was supported by 244 lawmakers at the plenary session.

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