The Government together with
the civil society and experts has elaborated a series of measures so that to eliminate
opportunities for corrupt practices in the ministries. This was stated by Prime
Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Groysman on opening a Government meeting on
Wednesday.
"Today, in the frames of
the International Anti- Corruption Day our team together with the public, the
organisations that professionally engage in the effective fight against
corruption, began to elaborate at the Government level specific measures for
each Ministry: what should be done to change the system," said the Head of
the Government, announcing the relevant reports of the ministries about the
elaborated decisions, actions taken and future plans in this direction.
The plans of anti-corruption
measures have been developed pursuant to the commission of the Prime Minister
since mid-summer.
In this regard the Head of
Government urged the public to monitor anti-corruption activities inside
ministries.
“I will ask the community to
monitor the work of each Ministry24 hours a day”, said Volodymyr Groysman. “It
is good that the public and the Government have developed synergy in this issue
and are joining efforts to overcome this phenomenon."
"When we bring about
change, people will realize that the stance of the Government is totally
honest. There should be concrete actions instead of words about justice, as we
won’t succeed”, accentuated the Prime Minister.
Volodymyr Groysman noted that
the anti-corruption policy is included into top priority list of actions for
the country and the Government. It will afford to restore social justice.
"Nowadays curbing
corruption is vital to restore social justice in Ukraine. Bribery, corruption
cause organized crime, and poverty as well. And it’s our topmost
objective, the objective of the Government is to eradicate this phenomenon and
to give the Ukrainian citizens what belongs to them," said the Prime
Minister.
According to him, the
political structures should change in Ukraine and it is a challenge to the
entire law-enforcement and judicial systems, stressed the Head of Government.
"It is important here to create
such a system of functioning the authorities to prevent any chance to
abuse. There are two directions: the first is to create conditions to remove
grounds for corruption, the second is to put in jail all corrupt officials. I
stand for the principle that if we don’t imprison a few dozen [officials], this
will make it more complicated to fight against this phenomenon. As soon as they
realize that they cannot abdicate the responsibility, the situation will change
drastically. It's within the responsibility and a challenge to the entire law
enforcement and judicial system," stressed Volodymyr Groysman.
Speaking of anti-corruption
steps, he reminded that the Government had recently abolished 367 permits and
regulations that created obstacles for doing business in Ukraine. Another
achievements include an open competitive selection of management of
state-owned companies and the deregulation of the pharmaceutical market.
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