Kyiv Vetting

From the BBC:
"Ukraine crisis: One million civil servants to be screened"

Ukraine will screen about one million civil servants to root out corrupt practices from the past, Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk has said. The parliament passed a law on Tuesday, allowing the removal of government officials from their posts. All those who worked under ousted President Viktor Yanukovych and also former senior Communist and KGB members will be affected. Ukraine has had months of unrest since Mr Yanukovych was ousted in February. Government troops had been fighting pro-Russia separatists in the eastern Donetsk and Luhansk regions for months, until a truce was signed on 5 September. Ukraine and the West accuse Russia of sending its troops and heavy weaponry to help the rebels - a claim denied by the Kremlin. "About one million civil servants of different kinds will come under this law, including the whole cabinet of ministers, the interior ministry, the intelligence services, the prosecutor's office," Mr Yatseniuk said in a televised cabinet meeting.  Correspondents say the issues of vetting and corruption are emotional subjects for many in Ukraine, who want to cleanse the government of Mr Yanukovych's influence. The law on "lustration" - the cleansing of the ranks of power - was approved under huge pressure from activists, who took part in mass protests against Mr Yanukovych.  The bill was finally passed after several failed attempts when speaker Okexandr Turchynov warned MPs he would not allow them to leave parliament without a successful result.  The bill was approved on the same day as a new law granting self-rule to parts of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions.

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^ The Ukraine (along with the majority of former Soviet Republics) needs to clean-out their government from the top-down. It should have been done after December 1991, but better late than never. Not only will former Communists and KGB be investigated but also corrupt officials of any party. Hopefully it will be successful and no just for show. ^


http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-29239447