The Aim - is to fight corruption

Deputies in the second reading mode considered a package of legislations on the formation of a system of anti-corruption measures, "On Combating Corruption", "On the control of the persons spending holding public office, and other persons of their income" and others. As the Vice-Speaker of Parliament, Chairman of the Committee on Legislation, the author of introduced legislative initiatives Galina Antyufeeva submitted laws to the adoption not only define the basic concepts and principles, but also prescribe mechanism for the implementation of anti-corruption actions.

The law-in-draft proposes to include the duties of officials to provide reliable data on their income and the income of family members, expenditure and assets. This sets the control of the compliance officers expenditures generate income. As a primary measure to eliminate corruption component in decision-making at all levels, it offers an introduction of anti-corruption expertise of legal acts and their projects to the legal environment. According to the legislators, executor of such expert evaluation should address the prosecutor's office. The law-in-draft defines the responsibility for acts of corruption. Earlier, the package of anti-corruption laws, including those aimed at harmonization of our legislation with the Russian.

Initiatives have been taken in the first reading at the end of last year. Today, taking into account the importance of proposed legislative initiatives, the Supreme Council decided to continue to work on them in the second reading mode, to take into account all suggestions and comments. Parliamentary committee considered more than 20 amendments.