Rada is preparing submission to Constitutional Court to abolish draft law No. 12414
Lawmakers are preparing a submission to the Constitutional Court to annul bill No. 12414, which strips NABU and SAPO of their independence.
This was announced by MP Yaroslav Zhelezniak of the "Voice" party, Censor.NET reports.
"Well, in fact, the only thing that can be done now to remedy the situation is to demolish this shoddy law in the Constitutional Court. Moreover, so many articles of the Rules of Procedure were violated during its approval that it is quite realistic. So we are starting to prepare and collect signatures for the constitutional petition to the Constitutional Court. We will need 45 signatures of MPs... but I think we will still have enough in the Rada!" - he said.
At the same time, Yaroslav Yurchyshyn, a member of the "Voice" party and chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Freedom of Speech, said:
"The President remembered the turbo mode and signed the criminal law on NABU/SAPO on the same day! He was in time for the curfew. It is interesting to find out where this turbo mode is when it comes to other bills, some of which have been on the table for more than a year.
Our actions: we are preparing a constitutional submission on this draft law and will do our best to block this shot in the head.
We need the support of 45 MPs. If you are ready, please respond, and we will join our efforts."
Zhelezniak later added that today he and a number of very professional people would spend the day "explaining to all partners all the consequences of what had happened".
"Especially for the IMF, the EU and the World Bank, as the independence of these institutions was a clear condition for funding. ...
At the same time, we are preparing a constitutional petition. It will take some time to make it as good as possible. There are already precedents when the law was abolished due to violations - here, the authorities were just as dirty as possible in getting it through the parliament, so there is a lot of material.
Next, we will start collecting 45 signatures. I don't think it will be easy, but we will make sure that anyone who refuses to sign, you know) Although the court is a long time, but a very reliable option.
And a publicity. The OP's calculation is that everyone will forget today. I think they did not count on such a reaction as yesterday," he concluded.
Searches at NABU and SAPO
On July 21, 2025, NABU employees underwent investigative actions without court orders, conducted by the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) and the Office of the Prosecutor General.
Subsequently, the SSU reported that one of the heads of NABU’s interregional detective departments, Ruslan Mahamedrasulov, was exposed for conducting business with Russia.
The Security Service also announced the exposure of current MP from OPFL, Fedor Khrystenko, suspected of treason. According to law enforcement, he worked to strengthen Russian influence over NABU.
The Security Service of Ukraine also came to the Specialised Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office.
On 22 July, the Verkhovna Rada adopted bill 12414, which eliminates the independence of the NABU and the SAPO.
In Dnipro, people rallied against the adoption by the Verkhovna Rada of Bill 12414, which effectively eliminates the independence of the NABU and the SAPO.
A protest also started in Kyiv.
