Meeting of Committee on Preventing and Combating Corruption

Press Service of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Secretariat
09 June 2016, 09:39

At the meeting, the Chairman of the National agency for prevention of corruption Natalia Korchak informed of the issues on preventing corruption; the members of the said agency - Riaboshapka Ruslan, Ruslan Radetskyi informed  on the implementation of anti-corruption legislation: the introduction of electronic declaration as a new system of financial control of state employees; introduction of electronic declarations as a new form of a financial control of public employees; approval of  form of report of political party of property, income, expenses and financial obligations.

In the course of discussion of mentioned issues, the Committee Chairman Yegor Soboliev drew attention to the need to include to Recommendations of parliamentary hearings held on 18 May 2016, all important proposals that were made during session, in particular, on the need for fast establishment of the Public Council at the National Agency on prevention of corruption as well as involvement of a coalition of public organizations.

Meanwhile, Chairman of the Committee proposed to create on the base of  Committee a working group for working out initiatives of improving of the current legislation regarding making a report form of a political party of property, income, expenses and financial obligations, that shall be approved by the National Agency for the Prevention of Corruption taking into account the requirements of article 17 of the Law Ukraine "On amendments to some legislative acts of Ukraine on preventing and fighting political corruption."

During the meeting, the application of current legislation on detection  and recording of offenses committed by officials of the time of V. Yanukovych, as well as the activation  of priority measures related to the start of work of the National Agency for the Prevention of Corruption. Jose Uhas, in particular, noted that the independence of the National Agency for prevention of corruption as the public authority will ensure its success.