President Zelenskyy won his election in 2019 largely on a promise to ‘put corrupt officials to jail’. Since he came to office and with absolute majority in the parliament, he has made some progress by launching the High Anti-Corruption Court and reinstating the law on illicit enrichment.
But his record in fighting corruption remains questionable: the Constitutional Court took a series of decisions that exposed the fragility of the anti-corruption infrastructure created since 2014. The head of the National Anti-Corruption Agency (NABU) was ousted, and the system of electronic declarations for government officials was abolished.
The speakers mark out the key opposing forces and offer an update on the state of judicial reform. Their remarks also cover what failure in the anti-corruption policy could mean for Ukraine’s relations with the West.
Participants
Eka Tkeshelashvili, Head, EU Anti-Corruption Programme
Yaroslav Yurchyshyn, Member of the Ukrainian Parliament (Golos Party); First Deputy Chair of Anti-Corruption Committee
Mykhailo Zhernakov, Head of Board, DEJURE Foundation
Chair: John Lough, Associate Fellow, Russia and Eurasia Programme, Chatham House
