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European Parliament member Viola von Cramon appealed to the head of the Servant of the People parliamentary faction, David Arakhamia, stating that the Ukrainian authorities must listen to the EU due to threats to the visa-free regime.
The head of the parliamentary faction Servant of the People, David Arahamia, said that he had no real evidence of the threat of visa-free travel in relation to the problematic procedure to select the head of the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAP), but there are only rumors, writes Censor.NET.
He on Twitter answered Viola von Cramon, Vice President of the Association of the European Parliament for the Association between Ukraine and the EU.
“That is exactly what I said yesterday, Mr Arahamia. You should listen to the message from the EU. [об угрозе безвизу]because the consequences for your country will not be good, “he wrote, citing the news” Censor.NET “.
That is exactly what I said yesterday Mr. #Aрахамия. Could you hear this #ME message because the consequences for your country will not be good:
“I will only answer letters”, – Arachamiya on loss of free visa due to SAP competition committee https://t.co/TCQrPfJAye https://t.co/8ShW6Q7S1Q– Viola von Cramon (@ViolavonCramon) September 18, 2020
On September 17, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted a draft resolution that approved the composition of the commission for the holding of a competition for positions in the Special Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office. Von Kramen is confident that the members of this commission lack experience and a virtuous reputation.
On September 17, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted a draft resolution, which approved the composition of the commission to hold a competition for administrative positions in SAP. Commission It consists of 11 people: four are delegated by the Council of Prosecutors, seven – by parliament.
According to Evropeyskaya Pravda, the ambassadors of Germany, Great Britain, the European Union in Ukraine, as well as the regional director of the World Bank sent a letter to the Ukrainian authorities in which they criticized this draft resolution. The letter, the newspaper learned, was received by spokesman Dmitry Razumkov and the head of the President’s Office Andrey Yermak.
Representatives of Western Ukraine’s donors and creditors noted that the anti-corruption efforts of the Ukrainian authorities “were and continue to be at the center of the partnership between the international community and Ukraine”, and that the SAP is “a fundamental part of the anti-corruption architecture. Ukraine “, so a transparent procedure for selecting a new department head is” vital “.
Diplomats and creditors in the letter refrained from evaluating the candidates proposed in the draft resolution, but recalled the requirement of the law for high reputation and experience in the field of anti-corruption for members of the competition committee.
The opposition factions in parliament also criticized the candidates proposed in the draft resolution… They indicated that these experts had no experience in fighting corruption, which is a direct requirement of the law (in Art. 8 of the Law “On the Prosecutor’s Office” saidthat the members of the competition committee must be people “of impeccable business reputation, high professional and moral qualities, public authority, as well as significant experience in the field of preventing or fighting corruption”).
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