"Batkivshchyna" proposes to transfer the appointment of the heads of NABU and SAPO to the National Assembly of Heroes of Ukraine

This is reported with reference to the explanatory note of the draft law.

It is explained that the assembly proposed to be created is a permanent consultative-advisory body, composed of citizens of Ukraine who have been awarded the title of Hero of Ukraine for participating in military actions to defend the state’s sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine and who have agreed to participate in its work.

The explanatory note states that the appointment of the heads of NABU and SAPO should "exclude any political, corporate, or external influence and be based on the trust of the Ukrainian society." In recent years, the selection of candidates to lead these bodies has been conducted with the participation of international experts, who had decisive or blocking votes in the selection commissions.

"Such a model, implemented as a temporary measure of external control, cannot be considered a sustainable democratic practice. It contradicts the sovereignty of Ukraine, violates the principle of internal responsibility, and causes significant public resistance. It is the Ukrainian people, through the citizens of Ukraine who have been awarded the title of Hero of Ukraine for participating in military actions to defend the state’s sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine, who should form the personnel composition of the anti-corruption system," the document states.