Dozens of Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelenski’s party are reluctant to support the bill on the restoration of Ukrainian authorities’ independence against corruption, expressing fears that their reinstatement of their powers could lead to politically.

According to three sources near Zelenski, about 70 MPs of the ruling “servant of the people” party express serious reservations about the draft law attempting to overturn a previous regulation, which had been hurriedly passed on Tuesday and provoked a strong reaction.

“People are afraid that they will be unjustly persecuted as revenge,” said a top executive of the Zelenski parliamentary group.

House Speaker Rousslan Stefadsuk said on Friday that the new bill to restore institutions will be put into vote on July 31.

However, the uncertainty about the intention of Members to support it may delay or even lead to the postponement of the process due to lack of quorum.

The suspicion was reinforced following statements by SAPO chief Olxandr Klimeenko, who in an interview with Ukrainian public television Suspilne argued that his service was investigating how the original bill was voted on.

“We will analyze all the situations, events, statements and accusations against us – to the last detail,” Klimeenko said. “We will reconstruct the time sequence of events second to second and present the complete analysis,” he concluded.

In a statement to the Financial Times on Friday, Olxandr Klimeenko responded to criticism of ruling party members expressing fears of targeted persecutions after the debate to reinstate the independence of the authorities against corruption.

“Only people involved in corrupt circuits have a reason to be afraid of Nabu and Sapo,” Klimeenko said. “We have never been involved in political persecutions. All NABU and SAPO surveys are based solely on events and evidence and not on political positions or votes, “he said.

Klenko emphasized that the independence of anti -corruption institutions “is not a threat, but a guarantee of justice, the rule of law and the continuity of the democratic course of Ukraine”.

The original amendment, which removed independence from Sapo and NABU, was approved Tuesday with 263 votes (the majority in Verhovna Randa requires 226), sparking strong reactions from international partners and organizations of civil society.

MP of the “People’s Servant” party confirmed to the Financial Times that there is concern among members of the parliamentary group, but he estimated that the new draft law was still likely to vote.

A senior official said many MPs are afraid that Sapo and Nabu may open criminal investigations against them. According to a source that is aware of NABU’s action, investigations are already under way. Some of them even think of resigning their parliamentary status in order to avoid pressure on the vote.