President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed three anti-corruption bills to implement EU recommendations, including increasing NABU staffing from 700 to 1,000 and reorganizing SAPO into a separate legal entity.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed bills on the National Anti-Corruption Bureau, the National Agency for the Prevention of Corruption and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office

The bills were approved by the Ukrainian Parliament on that same day, 8 December

The Law on National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) provides for an increase in the maximum number of staff of the NABU from 700 to 1,000 people

The number of officers should increase from 500 to 750 people

According to the law on the Special Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAPO), the SAPO is removed from the office of the Prosecutor General and reorganised into a separate prosecutor's office in the general system of prosecutor's offices with the status of a separate legal entity of public law

The law provides for changes in the competitive selection procedure for the positions of the head, his deputies and prosecutors of the SAPO

Without affecting the regulations that apply to national security during martial law, the Law on the National Agency for the Prevention of Corruption (NACP) permits the institution to inspect property obtained for public service and property acquired by declarants prior to appointment to the civil service

323 lawmakers voted in favor of the draft law at their Friday, Dec. 8 meeting

This is a requirement of the European Union and mandatory prerequisite for starting negotiations on Ukraine's accession to the EU