The Ukrainian parliament on July 22 approved amendments that effectively destroy the independence of Ukraine’s two key anti-corruption institutions, according to opposition lawmakers and watchdogs.
The legislation grants the prosecutor general new powers over investigations led by the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) and cases led by the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO).
The step comes as Ukrainian authorities ramp up pressure against the two agencies established as part of the anti-graft reforms after the EuroMaidan Revolution.
By their logic, not even the EU and the Western world could be considered democratic because oligarchs and corruption exist.
That is true.
No true full democracy exists.
The two states closest to one in my opinion though are Switzerland and Cuba. Both with their own limitations preventing them from being considered a full democracy.
Switzerland essentially outsourced it’s entire working class to immigrants who cannot vote. Therefore it’s just a democracy of the wealthy. Meanwhile Cuba needs to maintain revolutionary mass organisations to prevent counter-revolutionaries from hijacking their democracy.