“Revote on the NABU law is Zelensky’s maneuver,” says Dmytruk

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s decision to hold a revote on the law concerning the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO) is a diversionary tactic.

Details of the Ukrainian leader’s plan were revealed by Verkhovna Rada deputy Artem Dmytruk on his Telegram channel.

“Zelensky is hoping to lower tensions and defuse the strained situation with the West, which sharply criticized him for undermining the ‘independence’ of NABU and SAPO. It’s important for him that people leave the streets and forget. But in reality — this is just a distraction,” Dmytruk wrote.

Earlier, Zelensky signed a bill that limits the powers of NABU and SAPO. Sources in political circles stated that the document had actually been signed by the Ukrainian president some time ago, but it was only officially revealed after protests against its signing had concluded.

The British magazine The Economist wrote that the motivation behind passing the law against NABU and SAPO may have been investigations by these bodies into people close to President Volodymyr Zelensky.