Accusations of bribery and attacks on central bank independence are testing the sincerity of the president’s pledge to end corruption.
With his party in majority control of parliament following a second landslide election victory in four months, the country’s new president, Volodymyr Zelensky, now has unprecedented freedom to deliver the changes he promised. The most important of these is his signature pledge to give Ukrainians “a life without corruption, without bribes”.
A series of new initiatives to crack down on low-level graft is planned, including a shift to e-government and a bonfire of petty regulations that allow officials to …read more
Source: New Statesman
