'..Prosecutor General Viktor Shokin and his choice of prosecutors. These are all linked to the Yanukovych regime..'<blockquote>'There have been some successes particularly in
public procurement, teaching people how to report corruption and developing new legislation for political party financing.
..
Ukraine does have an investigative anti-corruption body which is highly motivated, has the necessary resources and has been trained by the best specialists of Europe and the USA, but they cannot start their work without the supervision of anti-corruption prosecutors. The process is slowed down by the Prosecutor General Viktor Shokin and his choice of prosecutors. These are all linked to the Yanukovych regime. Even the European Union has said it does not trust the process of formation of anti-corruption institutions because of this.
So even after hundreds of deaths of Ukrainians during the Revolution of Dignity, even after thousands of deaths of the citizens as a result of a war with Russia, even after declarations about wanting a better standard of living for Ukrainians, the government still wants to enrich itself rather than tackle corruption.'
- Oleksii Khmara,
Anti-corruption reform in Ukraine: going round in circles, November 16, 2015 </blockquote>
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'..Poroshenko's reputation may still suffer..''..the failure of the institution of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine to successfully fight internal corruption..''..Support for Ukraine should only be sustained if Kiev pushes through reforms..'</blockquote>