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Ukraine’s Zelenskyy vetoes parliamentary bill on asset declarations
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Tuesday he had vetoed a parliamentary bill that sought to retain closed asset declarations for officials.
Parliament voted last week on Tuesday to restore a declaration rule that was suspended after Russia’s 2022 invasion as a security precaution, but – in an important loophole – to keep the disclosures closed to the public for another year.
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“Declarations should be open. Immediately. Not in a year,” Zelenskyy said on the Telegram messaging app.
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