'Exhibition Corruption = Treason' Zelensky Faces Growing Backlash Over Legal Reforms 추진에 반발↑

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is facing controversy for pushing an anti-corruption law that treats corruption during wartime as treason, according to the U.S. political media outlet Politico on the 28th (local time).

According to the report, President Zelensky proposed this legal amendment last week after it was revealed that two senior officials in his country were involved in embezzling humanitarian aid supplies. He emphasized, "We must implement structural changes (through the legal amendment), and this is the way to fight corruption."

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However, civil society is opposing this push for legal reform. If the law is amended, the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), which is directly under the president, will handle the same cases as the existing anti-corruption agency, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU). There are concerns that cases unfavorable to the regime could be suppressed in this process.

Vitaliy Shabunin, head of the Ukrainian NGO Anti-Corruption Action Center (Antac), pointed out, "(President Zelensky) is manipulating the public's desire for justice by equating corruption with treason," adding, "This is driven by other objectives to protect high-ranking officials from corruption charges and to obtain tools to destroy opposition forces."

Zelensky's side has dismissed these objections as "conspiracy theories." President Zelensky plans to submit the legal amendment to the Ukrainian parliament within a week.

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