The
establishment of the National Agency for the Prevention of Corruption was an
initiative of the Government of Ukraine, which was supported by the Verkhovna
Rada of Ukraine. The setting up of this preventive body for the fight against
corruption is part of the implementation of the requirements for a visa-free
regime with the EU to be granted to Ukraine, the Information and Communication Department of the Secretariat of the CMU
informs.
The
Commission responsible for the appointment of the NAPC members under the law On
Prevention of Corruption is completely independent.
We
deny categorically the information that the Government has any impact on this
Commission.
The
law provides that this Commission comprises only one member of the Government
who shall be appointed by the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine. The Chairman of
the National Agency on the Civil Service is an ex officio member of the
Commission.
The
majority of the competitive commission consists of representatives of the
public (5 out of 8 members). It should be noted that at the request of NGO
members the preceding composition of the Commission from the public was changed
to ensure their impartiality.
Independence
of the incumbent composition of the Commission was confirmed by the EU
delegation to Ukraine (!!!!).
The
Commission has had 7 meetings. 22 candidates have been interviewed. All the
meetings were open to the media and broadcast online. All these meetings are
available on the Government's Youtube channel.
In
particular, the process and results of voting for three NAPC members who were
selected by the Commission are available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZn6HLr4mrQ
We
believe that the members of the selection commission are subjected to the
unlawful pressure.
First
Deputy Minister of Justice, Chairman of the selection commission Natalia Sevostyanova appeals
to the members of the Commission not to succumb to any political pressure, to
complete the formation of the NAPC, to select two other members and to enable
the implementation of critical functions of the Agency for the prevention of
corruption acts.
On
its part, the Government of Ukraine did everything to trigger immediate
activity of the Agency. In particular, the draft state budget for 2016
envisages UAH 484 million to ensure the operation of the NAPC.
Besides,
Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk instructed to find premises for the
NAPC and to ensure an immediate start of work.
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