KYIV – The Constitutional Court of Ukraine (CCU) on October 27 declared some provisions of the country’s anti-corruption legislation unconstitutional. The CCU was ruling on the submission of 48 national deputies from two parliamentary factions, For the Future and the Opposition Platform – For Life.
What the decision means is that electronic declarations of civil servants’ income and property are abolished, the powers of the National Anti-Corruption Agency (known by its Ukrainian acronym as NAZK) to inspect civil servants are abolished, judgments of illicit enrichment are cancelled, confiscation of corrupt assets is discontinued and penalties for false declaration of assets are repealed.