"All newly created anti-corruption authorities should fight
any attempts of political corruption by officials, Members of Parliament or any
political leaders strictly and without mercy," he said during the "10
Minutes with the Prime Minister" weekly program broadcast by major TV
channels on Sunday evening.
"When we
talk about a European Ukraine, this means that Ukraine should be a state free
of #corruption. We have destroyed backbone mafia-style corruption at the very
highest levels," he said.
"But then
we should fight corruption existing in everyone's life. This is when you are
asked to give a bribe at a kindergarten, at school, in hospital, at a customs
house, in a tax office. This is what has been destroying the future of the
state and does not allow the country to improve social standards and to make #Ukraine successful," he said.
Yatsenyuk
separately touched on the issue of corruption at state-owned companies.
"We have taken unprecedented steps when one of the largest state-owned
companies, NJSC Naftogaz of Ukraine, has finally become profitable and it no
longer has oligarchs who pumped money out of your pockets and transferred it to
the tax havens," he said.
"The 50
largest public companies will have new, independent and politically unbiased
heads. We must conduct the privatization process to attract foreign investment,
create new jobs and overcome political corruption existing at public companies,"
he said.
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