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Yatseniuk appealed to Parliament to approve a package of anti-corruption bills submitted by Government and President
06.10.2014 17:11 "Agro Perspectiva" (Kyiv) —
Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk hopes on October 7 the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine will approve a package of anti-corruption draft laws: the governmental draft laws on the mandatory publication of data about real owners of companies and those of immovable property, as well as on curbing corruption, and the presidential bill on the National Anti-Corruption Bureau. The Head of Government said at the session of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine on Monday, October 6, Government Portal reports.
As to report, Yatseniuk has reminded that the Government of Ukraine addressed the VR Speaker with a request to hold an extraordinary session of the Parliament to back a package of anticorruption laws, and this meeting will take place on 7 October. «Together with the President, we discussed issues of voting for a package of laws to combat corruption,» he added.
Reportedly, the Prime Minister emphasized that the Cabinet of Ministers has a clear plan «of how to curb corruption in Ukraine and what steps to make». This plan, as to him, consists of three blocks, the first of which is deregulation.
«If officials have too much powers and they aren’t overseen, they just start to collect money for their powers, the state authorized them with,» he admitted.
It is to be admitted, the Governmental draft law envisages considerably higher responsibility for acts of corruption.
Besides, the PM also reminded that the following day the Verkhovna Rada would consider a presidential bill on establishment of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau.
«We hope that the entire package of laws on combating corruption - two Government’s bills and one bill of the President - will be backed by the Parliament. This is also the test for parliamentarians for the upcoming elections: whether they are ready in words or by deeds vote to support decisions on real steps to make to curb corruption in Ukraine,» he said.
«Unless we endorse these bills, the scheme will remain in which petty civil servants are pursued, while high-rank officials, judges, prosecutors, law enforcement system have corruption immunity,» he urged.
«We believe the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine would support all the three legislative initiatives submitted by the Government and the President,» the Head of Government said.
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