With this decision, the deputies, in particular, fulfilled the requirements of the European Union, which is tied to the allocation of a tranche of 4 billion euros.
The Verkhovna Rada adopted in the second reading the bill No. 12039, improving the mechanism of agreements with investigators. People’s Deputy Yaroslav Zheleznyak reported this on Tuesday, October 29.
263 deputies voted for the adoption of the bill.
The new article will allow, in the case of cooperation in the investigation due to the exposure of accomplices and compensation for damage, a shorter prison term than required by the code.
In addition, the court will be able to determine a sufficiently large fine as an additional penalty.
The court can also confiscate the defendant’s property if this type of penalty is agreed upon.
At the same time, this tool cannot be applied as a general rule to organizers of schemes, except in the case that such an organizer exposes another organizer.
In the case where we are talking about crimes with a lower weight and if it is not a big plot without an accomplice, then a defendant will fully pay for the damage, pay a fine and may receive additional Confiscation may receive a reduced sentence.
According to the Code of Civil Procedure, the new bill does not contain harmful provisions.
“Unlike the previous edition, in this case it is considered possible to terminate the agreements with the organizers of top-corruption schemes when they betray another organizer. That is, the top-corrupts cannot simply pay which is officially off,” the message said.
It was mentioned that in this decision, the deputies also fulfilled the requirements of the European Union tied to the allocation of a tranche of 4 billion euros.
We remind you that the Council of the EU on Tuesday, August 6, gave permission to provide Ukraine with a tranche of approximately 4.2 billion euros under the Ukraine Facility program.
Source: korrespondent
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