KIEV, June 7 (Xinhua) -- The Ukrainian parliament on Thursday approved a law on creating a supreme anticorruption court.
The parliament received 315 votes for the legislation, more than the minimum required 226, it said in a statement posted on its website.
According to the legislation, the supreme anticorruption court will serve both as the court of the first instance and the court of appeal in Ukraine.
Commenting on the move, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko tweeted: "Today we have completed the formation of the anticorruption infrastructure."
The law also stipulates that a council of seven international experts, whose candidacies will be submitted by Ukraine's international partners, will form part of the court.
In February, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) demanded the establishment of the anticorruption court as a precondition for continuing its 17.5-billion-U.S.-dollar cooperation program for Ukraine.
Under the program launched in 2015, the eastern European country, currently in an economic crisis, has received about 8.7 billion dollars. The disbursement of the aid was suspended in April 2017.
