Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman on Monday said he would resign if a new anti-corruption court, demanded by Kiev’s Western allies and donors, is not launched. Corruption was among the reasons Ukrainians took to the streets during a 2013-2014 revolution but it remains a major problem despite new authorities’ promises to tackle it. READ ALSO: Woman kills husband for always beating family cat“As Prime Minister of Ukraine, I made a decision for myself: if this court, fair, independent, is not be created, I will … resign,” Groysman told journalists. Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko, who filed the bill to the chamber in December 2017, has declined to modify the text despite criticism and urged lawmakers to find a compromise on the draft law. Ukraine was ranked 131st out of 176 in Transparency International’s corruption perception index in 2016.

Source: Punch June 04, 2018 13:07 UTC