Parliament, Head of State and Government as Entities Forming and Implementing National Anti-Corruption Policy (through the example of Ukraine) Cover Image

Parliament, Head of State and Government as Entities Forming and Implementing National Anti-Corruption Policy (through the example of Ukraine)
Parliament, Head of State and Government as Entities Forming and Implementing National Anti-Corruption Policy (through the example of Ukraine)

Author(s): Vladislav Fedorenko, Ołeksandr W. Skrypniuk
Subject(s): Civil Society, Government/Political systems, Corruption - Transparency - Anti-Corruption
Published by: Akademia Leona Koźmińskiego
Keywords: state anti-corruption policy; prevention and counteraction of corruption; anti-corruption legislation; Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine; President of Ukraine;

Summary/Abstract: The success of further development of Ukraine as sovereign and independent, democratic, social, constitutional state now, more than ever earlier, depends on determination of politicians, statesmen and public employees and adherence to principles of each citizen and civil society in general in fight against the external and internal enemy. Among internal enemies of Ukraine corruption which makes impossible effective economic, social and humanitarian development of Ukraine is high on the list, slows down the European integration of Ukraine, and at the end advantageous of external foes of our state. Therefore, eradication of corruption is one of the most important functions of the Ukrainian state now. The important place in system of subjects of forming and implementation of the state anti-corruption policy belongs to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, the President of Ukraine and the Cabinet of Ukraine. So, the parliament in Ukraine creates legal including the legal framework of the state anti-corruption policy, and also participates in forming of contest committees on election of special subjects of the prevention and counteraction. The head of state in Ukraine also defines essence and the maintenance of the state anti-corruption policy in the decrees, and also participates in forming of the commissions on selection and appointments of officials of specially authorized bodies according to the prevention and counteraction of corruption, and provides independence in activity of some of these bodies. The government of Ukraine provides complex implementation of the state anti-corruption policy, has own representation in contest committees which carry out forming of specially authorized bodies of prevention and counteraction of corruption (National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine, etc.), And also performs the common directorship and coordination of activity of National police of Ukraine and National Agency for Prevention of Corruption. At the same time, the success of prevention and counteraction of corruption in Ukraine depends on efficiency of interaction of the supreme bodies of the government in the field of forming and implementation of the state anti-corruption policy.

  • Issue Year: 8/2016
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 104-121
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: English
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