The bill intended to restore the independence of Ukraine’s anti-corruption agencies includes a provision requiring polygraph tests every two years for employees with relatives in Russia, President Volodymyr Zelensky said at a meeting with journalists on July 24, according to Hromadske, Suspilne, and RBK-Ukraine.
The legislation, submitted to the Verkhovna Rada by Zelensky on July 24, is aimed at reestablishing the independence of two key institutions: the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO). On July 22, the Rada passed — and Zelensky signed — a law that effectively placed both agencies under the authority of the Prosecutor General’s Office.
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Polygraphs don’t work, and have never worked. It’s a fictional plot point that they use in TV and Movies, and that’s it.
So replacing anything with nonsensical tests is a very, very bad move.
They might as well pick out spies by lining up their employees and using a divining rod, or a special spy detecting chicken.
Buffoons using cartoon logic.