Pavlo Petrenko: Anticorruption efforts are Government' priority
Fighting corruption is
one of the main priorities of the current Government. In this regard the
Ministry of Justice will address to the European institutions to receive
technical assistance in the development of amendments to the anti-corruption
legislation. This was started by the Minister of Justice of Ukraine Pavlo Petrenko during a meeting
with a chair of the OECD’s Anti-Bribery Working Group Drago
Kos.
Pavlo Petrenko recalled that the state budget did not received
UAH 300 billion only for last year due to huge corruption component that was
actively embodied in the life by the previous government.
"These are funds
that had been included in the budget, but then the funds were actually looted.
That was the reason for extremely speculative state of our country. So we had
to make very strict measures in the social sphere," the Minister said.
The Minister of
Justice recalled about a package of draft laws submitted by the Government to
the Parliament regarding liberalization of the visa-free regime with the
European Union.
"In particular,
an anti-corruption bill, which includes virtually all proposals of the GRECO,
is in this package," - Pavlo Petrenko
said.
According to him, the
Ministry of Justice will appeal to the European institutions for technical
assistance in the development of amendments to the anti-corruption legislation.
"Support Society
gives us hope that we can easily adopt in parliament bills that are not popular
among officials. Now - the best time for this, "- said the Minister.
"Support of the
society gives us hope that we can easily adopt in the parliament bills that are
not popular among officials. Now we have the best time for this," the
Minister said.
By turn, the chair of
the OECD’s Anti-Bribery Working Group said that the fighting corruption has
become a priority of Ukrainian authorities.
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