**Ukraine Reforms Tracker: Issue 9**
This is a weekly update from Ukrainian lawmaker Yaroslav Zhelezniak, covering events from January 6-12, 2025.
**Benchmarks and Soft Commitments with the IMF**
The Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine’s Parliament, rejected a draft law submitted by the Cabinet of Ministers. Instead, lawmakers backed an alternative proposal that diverges from Ukraine’s commitments under the International Monetary Fund’s Memorandum of Economic and Financial Policies.
**Parliament to Vote on Public Investment Management Bill**
The Verkhovna Rada will review a public investment management bill in its second and final reading. This legislation is crucial for meeting a structural benchmark under the MEFP, with a deadline at the end of January 2025.
**Concerns Over Amendments to Public Investment Management Bill**
Transparency International Ukraine has flagged concerns over recent amendments that grant the Cabinet of Ministers authority to increase salaries for State Audit Service employees and assign special ranks and statuses to the SAS.
**Parliament to Vote on Draft Law to Repeal “Lozovyy Amendments”**
The Verkhovna Rada is set to consider a revised draft law amending the Criminal Procedure Code. However, there is a significant risk of rejection when it comes to a vote, as the Law Enforcement Committee has not decided on the draft law.
**Ukraine Advances Energy Sector Commitments**
The Verkhovna Rada has adopted draft law #12131, reinstating monitoring and reporting on greenhouse gas emissions, fulfilling a key requirement under the Ukraine Plan.
**Other Key Economic Issues**
Parliament has passed a corporate governance reform that mandates standards across utility and state-owned enterprises. The Cabinet of Ministers has also approved new procedures for evaluating the performance of supervisory boards in SOEs.
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