{"id":2466038,"date":"2025-07-24T08:03:01","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T12:03:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/zelenskyy-sparks-protests-after-targeting-ukraines-anti-corruption-offices-my-father-did-not-die-for-this\/"},"modified":"2025-07-24T08:04:23","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T12:04:23","slug":"zelenskyy-sparks-protests-after-targeting-ukraines-anti-corruption-offices-my-father-did-not-die-for-this","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/zelenskyy-sparks-protests-after-targeting-ukraines-anti-corruption-offices-my-father-did-not-die-for-this\/","title":{"rendered":"Zelenskyy Sparks Protests After Targeting Ukraine&#8217;s Anti-Corruption Offices: &#8216;My Father Did Not Die for This&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fzelenskyy-sparks-protests-after-targeting-ukraines-anti-corruption-offices-my-father-did-not-die-for-this%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2466038&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is facing significant criticism for signing a law that reduces the independence of two <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pentagon-defiant-as-government-watchdog-reportedly-finds-hegseths-signal-chat-included-info-from-classified-document-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Pentagon defiant as government watchdog reportedly finds Hegseth\u2019s Signal chat included info from classified ... - Washington Examiner\">key anti-corruption agencies<\/a>: the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor&#8217;s office (SAPO). The new legislation grants Zelenskyy&#8217;s prosecutor general authority over these bodies, raising concerns they could be used to obstruct or halt corruption investigations. This move has sparked widespread protests across Kyiv and other major Ukrainian cities, with citizens demanding the restoration of the agencies&#8217; independence and protesting against what they see as a shift towards autocratic governance. Zelenskyy defends the reforms by alleging these organizations were compromised by Russian influence. Though, former officials and international figures, including the European Commission and G7 ambassadors, view the law as a regression that threatens Ukraine&#8217;s democratic progress and its aspirations to join the European Union. The European Commission also warned that Ukraine&#8217;s financial aid depends on progress in transparency, judicial reform, and democratic governance. This controversy adds to ongoing criticism of Zelenskyy for postponing elections since 2019 amid the ongoing conflict with Russia, leading some international figures, including former U.S.President Donald Trump,to accuse him of authoritarian tendencies.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is once again under fire for what critics call undemocratic behavior &mdash; this time for signing a law that weakens two of his country&rsquo;s anti-corruption bodies.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/c9w19pl84r8o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BBC News<\/a> reported, the new law gives Zelenskyy&rsquo;s prosecutor general authority over both the National Anti-Corruption Bureau and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor&rsquo;s Office.<\/p>\n<p>Critics say the law could allow Zelenskyy, who ran on an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/guatemala-election-bidens-dream-leader-bernardo-arevalo-rides-anti-graft-wave-to-power\/\" title=\"Guatemala election: Bernardo Arevalo, Biden&#039;s favored leader, wins on anti-... platform.\">anti-corruption platform<\/a>, to interfere with or shut down corruption probes.<\/p>\n<p>Furious Ukrainians flooded the streets in multiple cities this week, <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >staging large anti-government protests<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Office of President Zelensky now. The people of Ukraine demand &#8294;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ZelenskyyUa?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ZelenskyyUa<\/a>&#8297; to return back NOW independence of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NABU?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NABU<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SAPO?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SAPO<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ATAC0XxNVJ\">pic.twitter.com\/ATAC0XxNVJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Daria Kaleniuk (@dkaleniuk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dkaleniuk\/status\/1948072282003566752?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 23, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); 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<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lmyGobPgu5\">pic.twitter.com\/lmyGobPgu5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kyle Becker (@kylenabecker) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kylenabecker\/status\/1947786977283346829?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 22, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In Kyiv, demonstrators carried signs saying, &ldquo;We chose Europe, not autocracy,&rdquo; and &ldquo;My father did not die for this.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The BBC reported that protests also erupted in the cities of Lviv, Dnipro, and Odesa.<\/p>\n<p>In remarks on Wednesday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-blows-zelenskyy-harmful-move-amid-tense-peace-negotiations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Zelenskyy<\/a> defended the reforms to NABU and SAP, both of which he said were being influenced by Russians.<\/p>\n<p>The country&rsquo;s former foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba said of the new law, &ldquo;[It&rsquo;s a] bad day for Ukraine.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>European Commissioner for Enlargement Marta Kos said, the changes marked &ldquo;a serious step back,&rdquo; calling the anti-corruption bodies &ldquo;essential&rdquo; for Ukraine if it hopes to join the European Union.<\/p>\n<p>The BBC reported that G7 ambassadors are also reaching out to Zelensky personally after being confounded by the move.<\/p>\n<p>The European Commission warned Ukraine that its financial aid depends on progress in &ldquo;transparency, judicial reform, and democratic governance.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>This is not the first time Zelenskyy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/approaching-end-term-zelenskyy-cancels-next-election-not-right-time\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">has faced criticism<\/a> over a perception that he is clinging to power.<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine has not held a national election since March 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Last year&rsquo;s planned election was indefinitely suspended due to a declaration of wartime martial law following Russia&rsquo;s 2022 invasion.<\/p>\n<p>In February, President Donald Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-goes-off-dictator-zelenskyy-response-disinformation-jab\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">criticized<\/a> Zelenskyy for refusing to put himself up for a vote and for not working toward a diplomatic solution to end the war with Russia.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;A Dictator without Elections, Zelenskyy better move fast or he is not going to have a Country left,&rdquo; Trump wrote on his  account.<\/p>\n<p>The president added, &ldquo;In the meantime, we are successfully negotiating an end to the War with Russia, something all admit only &lsquo;TRUMP,&rsquo; and the Trump Administration, can do.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The post followed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-blows-zelenskyy-harmful-move-amid-tense-peace-negotiations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a fiery exchange<\/a> in the Oval Office, after which Trump asked Zelenskyy to leave and to come back when he was ready to negotiate and to end the war.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats used their House majority in 2019 to impeach Trump over <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/read-transcript-trumps-call-ukraine-president\/story?id=65849015\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a phone call<\/a> he had with Zelenskyy, one in which Trump asked Ukraine&rsquo;s president to look into <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-giuliani-urges-ukraine-to-investigate-democrats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">allegations of corruption<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Trump was later <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/now-trumps-acquitted-gop-vows-erase-impeachment-record\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">acquitted<\/a> by the Senate.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; 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