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Kyiv, August 5 (Interfax-Ukraine) – A group of MPs representing all factions of the Ukrainian parliament have suggested forming a separate central law enforcement authority with a special status, the National Bureau of Anticorruption Investigation (NBAI).

According to the parliament's Web site, the respective bill "On a National Bureau of Anticorruption Investigation of Ukraine" was registered in parliament by MPs Oleksandr Riabeka (Bloc of Yulia Tymoshenko), Mykola Dzhyha (Regions Party), Ihor Kaletnik (Communist Party), Hryhoriy Omelchenko (BYT), Oleh Zarubinsky (Bloc of Lytvyn), Yuriy Karmazin and Hennadiy Moskal (both of the Our Ukraine-People's Self Defense faction).

The bill sets out the legal basis for the organization and activities of the NBAI. It suggests authorizing the body to access information on the property, incomes and expenses of officials.

According to the document, the organizational structure of the NBAI will be adopted by the Cabinet of Ministers.

The bill suggests putting the body under parliamentary control, but with obligatory reports to the cabinet and the president.

Prosecutor General's Office is to monitor the activities of the NBAI.

Apart from that, the total number of the bureau's employees is limited to 1,300 people. It is to be funded from the state budget only.