The Ukrainian parliament has adopted a bill proposed by Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko regarding the system of specially authorized entities in the field of combating corruption.

A total of 278 MPs voted for such a bill at first reading on Tuesday.

After that, MPs supported the proposal to vote for this bill as a whole at a meeting on October 14.

As reported, on September 16, a presidential bill on the system of specially authorized entities in the field of combating corruption (No. 5085), which envisages the creation of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau, was put to the vote in parliament at the third attempt, but did not get enough votes.

Under the bill, it is proposed to establish the National Anti-Corruption Bureau outside the system of existing law enforcement agencies, as a state law enforcement agency entrusted with preventing, detecting, stopping and uncovering criminal offenses falling within its jurisdiction.

It is proposed that the bureau be tasked with fighting criminal corruption offenses, which were committed by senior officials authorized to perform the functions of the state or local government and pose a threat to national security.