IMF and WB take the stage in the Anti-Corruption Court theatre

At the end of 2017 an entry appeared noting obvious Bankova legislative gymnastics relating to the text of the Venice Commission Opinion and the creation of an Ant-Corruption Court in Ukraine, required to complete the Ukrainian domestic anti-corruption architecture.

The issues noted by the blog were, to be blunt, glaring.  So clearly undermining of any potentially independent anti-corruption court was the proposed Draft text, that it was obviously going to draw both ire and irritation from external supporters of Ukraine – be they national, supranational or institutional.