Fight against corruption remains one of the key indicators according to which the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will assess the level of cooperation with Ukraine, Deputy Director of IMF European Department Thanos Arvanitis and IMF mission chief for Ukraine Ron van Rooden have said at a meeting with Director of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) Artem Sytnyk.
The NABU press service said Sytnyk told the IMF representatives about the current state of affairs and stressed the need for the adoption of a number of legislative initiatives that will contribute to the effective fight against corruption, including providing the agency with the right to wiretapping, setting up the Anti-Corruption Court, as well as preserving the NABU’s jurisdiction defined by Article 216 of the Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine in the existing format.
The IMF representatives at the meeting noted the possibility of wiretapping is an important element of strengthening the NABU functionality, therefore it is important this initiative is supported by the parliament.
“This is a structural “lighthouse” of the IMF program, and the Ukrainian side undertook to adopt a relevant law by the end of November,” the report reads.
